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Table 3 Controlled hypertension status among those taking antihypertensive drugs

From: Prevalence, awareness, and control of hypertension among Bangladeshi adults: an analysis of demographic and health survey 2017–18

Variables

Overall (n = 1313)

Controlled Hypertension

Yes (n = 443)

No (n = 870)

p-values

Mean systolic BP (SE), mmHg

147.1 (0.82)

121.7 (0.57)

160.0 (0.83)

< 0.001

Mean diastolic BP (SE), mmHg

89.8 (0.39)

79.3 (0.39)

95.2 (0.41)

< 0.001

Age (in years)

Mean (SE)

52.7 (0.42)

48.7 (0.75)

54.7 (0.51)

< 0.001

18 to 34

163 (12.4)

88 (19.8)

75 (8.6)

< 0.001

35 to 44

236 (17.9)

90 (20.3)

145 (16.7)

 

45 to 54

287 (21.9)

91 (20.5)

196 (22.5)

 

55 to 64

328 (25.0)

109 (24.6)

219 (25.1)

 

65 or more

300 (22.8)

65 (14.7)

235 (27.0)

 

Gender

Female

893 (68.0)

310 (70.0)

583 (67.0)

0.32

Male

420 (32.0)

133 (30.0)

287 (33.0)

 

Diabetes

Mean fasting plasma glucose (SE), mmol/L

6.3 (0.08)

5.9 (0.11)

6.4 (0.10)

0.001

No

948 (76.4)

330 (80.1)

618 (74.6)

0.043

Yes

293 (23.6)

82 (19.9)

211 (25.4)

 

Overweight/Obesity

Mean body mass index (SE), kg/m2

24.4 (0.13)

24.5 (0.22)

24.4 (0.16)

0.69

No

486 (37.8)

168 (38.6)

318 (37.3)

0.67

Yes

801 (62.2)

268 (61.4)

533 (62.7)

 

Education level

No formal education

468 (35.6)

129 (29.2)

338 (38.9)

0.007

Primary

395 (30.1)

136 (30.8)

258 (29.7)

 

Secondary

320 (24.3)

122 (27.6)

197 (22.7)

 

College or above

131 (10.0)

55 (12.5)

76 (8.7)

 

Wealth quintile

Poorest

162 (12.4)

52 (11.7)

110 (12.7)

0.66

Poorer

193 (14.7)

63 (14.3)

129 (14.9)

 

Middle

263 (20.0)

84 (18.9)

179 (20.6)

 

Richer

289 (22.0)

110 (24.7)

179 (20.6)

 

Richest

407 (31.0)

135 (30.4)

272 (31.3)

 

Place of residence

Urban

417 (31.8)

150 (33.9)

267 (30.7)

0.28

Rural

896 (68.2)

293 (66.1)

603 (69.3)

 

Division of residence

Dhaka

297 (22.6)

98 (22.1)

199 (22.9)

< 0.001

Barishal

92 (7.0)

32 (7.2)

60 (6.8)

 

Chattagram

273 (20.8)

114 (25.7)

159 (18.3)

 

Khulna

173 (13.2)

44 (9.9)

129 (14.8)

 

Mymensingh

98 (7.4)

48 (10.8)

50 (5.8)

 

Rajshahi

153 (11.7)

34 (7.6)

119 (13.7)

 

Rangpur

126 (9.6)

35 (7.9)

91 (10.4)

 

Sylhet

101 (7.7)

39 (8.8)

62 (7.2)

 
  1. SE Standard error