Table 4.
Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among younger adults, older adults, and overall hypertensive population.
| Age group | Hypertension |
Awareness N (%) |
Treatment N (%) |
Control N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young adults | Men (92) | 22 (23.9) | 17 (18.5) | 11 (12.0) |
| Women (58) | 30 (51.7) | 22 (37.9) | 15 (25.9) | |
| P-value | 0.001 | 0.045 | 0.012 | |
| Total (150) | 52 (34.7) | 39 (26.0) | 26 (17.3) | |
| Age adjusted (total) | 27.3% | 20.5% | 12.8% | |
| Older adults | Men (762) | 451 (59.2) | 365 (47.9) | 158 (20.7) |
| Women (1,093) | 738 (67.5) | 637 (58.3) | 284 (26.0) | |
| P-value | <0.001 | 0.009 | <0.001 | |
| Total (1,855) | 1,189 (64.1) | 1,002 (54.0) | 442 (23.8) | |
| Age adjusted (total) | 61.2% | 50.1% | 23.5% | |
| Overall | Men (854) | 473 (55.4) | 382 (44.7) | 169 (19.8) |
| Women (1,151) | 768 (66.7) | 659 (57.3) | 299 (26.0) | |
| P-value | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.001 | |
| Total (2,005) | 1,241 (61.9) | 1,542 (51.9) | 1,603 (23.3) | |
| Age adjusted (total) | 44.7% | 35.8% | 18.3% |
P-values for awareness, treatment and control between young and older adults: <0.001, <0.001, and 0.072, respectively.