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. 2019 Jul 3;21(8):1212–1220. doi: 10.1111/jch.13609

Table 1.

Prevalence of hypertension by characteristics according to the 2018 Chinese/2017 ACC/AHA guideline

Characteristics Prevalence Awarenessa Pharmaceutical treatmenta Control Control among treated hypertensive participants
2018 Chinese 2017 ACC/AHA 2018 Chinese 2018 Chinese 2018 Chinese 2017 ACC/AHA 2018 Chinese 2017 ACC/AHA
Overall 32.0 (30.2‐33.7) 56.5 (54.2‐58.8) 49.7 (46.1‐53.3) 43.4 (39.9‐47.0) 16.3 (14.0‐18.6) 9.2 (7.8‐10.5) 37.6 (35.0‐40.1) 14.9 (13.4‐16.4)
Age
35‐44 15.0 (13.5‐16.4) 41.7 (39.4‐43.9) 31.7 (26.5‐37.0) 24.5 (19.9‐29.1) 9.9 (7.0‐12.7) 3.5 (2.4‐4.6) 40.3 (35.4‐45.3) 14.0 (12.2‐15.8)
45‐54 29.6 (27.6‐31.6) 56.1 (53.5‐58.7) 47.0 (42.9‐51.0) 40.3 (36.2‐44.3) 16.1 (13.7‐18.6) 8.4 (7.1‐9.7) 40.1 (37.4‐42.8) 14.2 (12.6‐15.9)
55‐64 44.6 (42.4‐46.9) 67.2 (64.7‐69.7) 53.9 (50.1‐57.7) 48.1 (44.3‐51.9) 18.6 (15.9‐21.2) 12.2 (10.4‐14.1) 38.6 (35.5‐41.6) 16.0 (13.9‐18.1)
65‐74 55.7 (53.5‐58.0) 74.7 (72.4‐77.0) 58.6 (55.6‐61.7) 52.8 (49.6‐56.1) 18.4 (16.2‐20.7) 13.6 (11.9‐15.4) 34.9 (32.2‐37.6) 15.2 (13.2‐17.2)
≥75 60.2 (57.7‐62.8) 78.7 (77.1‐80.2) 57.3 (53.9‐60.6) 52.1 (48.4‐55.7) 17.0 (14.7‐19.4) 13.0 (11.2‐14.8) 32.7 (29.9‐35.6) 13.6 (11.8‐15.3)
P value <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.092
Sex
Men 32.8 (30.9‐34.7) 61.1 (58.7‐63.4) 46.1 (42.5‐49.8) 39.1 (35.7‐42.6) 14.5 (12.4‐16.7) 7.8 (6.6‐8.9) 37.2 (34.6‐39.8) 14.0 (12.5‐15.4)
Women 31.1 (29.3‐32.8) 51.9 (49.5‐54.3) 53.4 (49.7‐57.1) 48.0 (44.2‐51.9) 18.2 (15.7‐20.8) 10.8 (9.2‐12.5) 37.9 (35.2‐40.6) 15.7 (14.0‐17.5)
P value 0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 <0.001 0.357 0.008
Region
Eastern 34.4 (32.2‐36.5) 60.4 (57.6‐63.1) 51.9 (46.3‐57.5) 46.5 (40.7‐52.4) 18.8 (15.0‐22.6) 10.6 (8.4‐12.8) 40.3 (36.5‐44.1) 16.0 (13.6‐18.4)
Middle 29.9 (25.7‐34.2) 52.0 (47.9‐56.1) 53.0 (47.5‐58.6) 45.4 (40.3‐50.5) 17.8 (14.8‐20.8) 10.1 (7.9‐12.4) 39.2 (36.2‐42.1) 16.0 (14.1‐18.0)
Western 30.7 (27.6‐33.8) 55.8 (52.3‐59.2) 42.1 (37.0‐47.1) 35.9 (30.8‐41.0) 10.4 (7.9‐12.9) 5.7 (4.4‐6.9) 29.1 (24.9‐33.3) 10.8 (8.0‐13.7)
P value 0.073 0.001 0.011 0.013 0.001 0.001 <0.001 0.009
Urban/rural
Urban 31.8 (29.2‐34.4) 55.9 (52.8‐59.0) 53.9 (48.8‐59.0) 48.7 (43.5‐53.8) 20.7 (17.3‐24.0) 11.7 (9.7‐13.7) 42.5 (39.2‐45.7) 16.9 (14.7‐19.0)
Rural 32.0 (29.7‐34.4) 56.8 (53.6‐60.0) 47.4 (42.3‐52.5) 40.6 (35.6‐45.7) 14.0 (10.8‐17.1) 7.8 (6.0‐9.7) 34.4 (30.6‐38.3) 13.6 (11.5‐15.8)
P value 0.899 0.686 0.070 0.027 0.005 0.007 0.002 0.035

Data are presented as % (95% CI).

a

Awareness and pharmaceutical treatment based on the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline cannot be estimated in this study.