Table 4 Age-adjusted prevalences and 95% confidence intervals of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in blacks and whites, by sex, Cienfuegos 2011
Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whites (N =193) | Blacks (N =62) | Difference (95% CI) | p | Whites (N = 224) | Blacks (N =107) | Difference (95% CI) | p | |
Aware of being hypertensive: % (95% CI) | 54.7 (46.9,62.3) | 55.3 (41.2, 68.6) | 0.6 (0.4, 0.8) | 0.99 | 78.0 (71.3, 83.5) | 71.8 (61.0, 80.6) | 6.2 (6.1,6.3) | 0.16 |
Currently taking medication: % (95% CI) | 42.9 (35.5, 50.6) | 47.7 (34.3, 61.5) | 4.8 (4.6, 5.0) | 0.85 | 71.4 (64.3, 77.6) | 60.6 (49.9, 70.4) | 10.8 (10.7,10.9) | 0.05 |
Control in the population1: % (95% CI) | 21.4 (15.8, 28.4) | 17.0 (9.2, 29.3) | 4.4 (4.1, 4.7) | 0.55 | 37.8 (31.2, 44.9) | 24.6 (17.0, 34.1) | 13.2 (13.0,13.4) | 0.01 |
Control among the treated2: % (95% CI) | 50.0 (38.6, 61.4) | 35.7 (20.0, 55.1) | 14.3 (14.1,14.5) | 0.04 | 53.0 (44.8, 61.0) | 40.5 (28.9, 53.3) | 12.5 (12.3,12.7) | 0.03 |