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. 2022 May 11;17(1):31. doi: 10.5334/gh.1120

Table 3.

Prevalence and control of hypertension in the population of the Tehran Cohort Study based on the 2017 ACC/AHA and 2018 ESC/ESH guidelines (n = 8296).


2018 ESC/ESH 2017 ACC/AHA

Hypertension, n (%)* 3288 (39.8) 5288 (64.0)

    Age, mean (SD), year 60.2 (12.16) 56.8 (12.59)

    Sex, n (%)

        Men 1500 (39.5) 2447 (64.3)

        Women 1788 (40.1) 2841 (63.7)

Control, n (%)# 1328 (40.4) 586 (11.1)

    Age, mean (SD), year 62.4 (11.09) 63.8 (11.32)

    Sex, n (%)

        Men 565 (37.7) 254 (10.4)

        Women 763 (42.7) 332 (11.7)

Control among treated, n (%) 1023 (58.4) 467 (26.7)

    Age, mean (SD), year 63.2 (10.81) 64.4 (11.00)

    Sex, n (%)

        Men 451 (58.9) 209 (27.3)

        Women 572 (58.0) 258 (26.2)

* Categorical data are reported as numbers (percentage in the row) for each subgroup.

# Percentages calculated from the hypertensive population (n = 3288).

Percentages calculated from the treated population (n = 1752).