Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension by gender and household register
| Variables | Gender | Household register | ||||
| Males, n (%) | Females, n (%)* | OR (95% CI)† | Locals, n (%) | Migrants, n (%)* | OR (95% CI)† | |
| Prevalence | 156 (19.7) | 139 (15.7) ‡ | 1.47 (1.10 to 1.97) | 80 (18.1) | 210 (17.3) | 1.00 (0.72 to 1.40) |
| Awareness | 67 (42.9) | 53 (38.1) | 2.35 (1.28 to 4.33) | 26 (32.5) | 93 (44.3) ‡ | 0.57 (0.30 to 0.90) |
| Treatment | ||||||
| Antihypertensive medications | 32 (20.5) | 42 (30.2) ‡ | 0.83 (0.05 to 0.92) | 15 (18.8) | 57 (27.1) | 0.65 (0.30 to 1.40) |
| Reduced salt intake | 25 (16.0) | 21 (15.1) | 1.69 (0.77 to 3.73) | 7 (8.8) | 38 (18.1) ‡ | 0.40 (0.15 to 0.94) |
| Regular physical exercise | 23 (14.7) | 9 (6.5) ‡ | 4.79 (1.67 to 13.74) | 9 (11.3) | 22 (10.5) | 0.66 (0.25 to 1.80) |
| Regular monitoring | 11 (7.1) | 13 (9.4) | 0.86 (0.29 to 2.54) | 1 (1.3) | 23 (11.0) § | 0.14 (0.02 to 0.92) |
| Under primary care management | 9 (5.8) | 11 (7.9) | 0.69 (0.23 to 2.08) | 7 (8.8) | 13 (6.2) | 1.98 (0.64 to 6.12) |
| Control | 20 (12.8) | 32 (23.0) | 0.45 (0.21 to 0.96) | 17 (21.3) | 34 (16.2) | 1.33 (0.61 to 2.89) |
*χ2 tests were used for comparisons.
†Multiple logistic regression analyses adjusted for the participants’ gender, age, marital status, education level, household register, occupation, and monthly household income (the female participants and the migrants were the reference groups).
‡p<0.05.
§p<0.01.