Epidemic of hypertension in Ghana: a systematic review

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Table 5 Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension

Study ref	Total no. Hypertensives	Among total number of hypertensives:			Aware %	Treatment %	Control %
		Aware^a	Treatment^b	Control^c
Pobee et al 1979 [22–24, 74]	540	130	39	20	24.1	7.2	3.7
Hesse 1998 [30]	38	14	5	0	36.8	13.2	0.0
Amoah 2003 [33]	1337	458	243	49	34.3	18.2	3.7
Addo et al 2006 [27]	93	30	15	5	32.3	16.1	5.4
Cappucio et al 2004 [36, 75]	291	64	33	8	22.0	11.3	2.7
Agyeman et al 2006 [28, 42]	421	143	118	26	34.0	28.0	6.2
Addo et al 2008 [31]	307	166	96	39	54.1	31.3	12.7

^aHypertensives who reported having ever been informed by a health professional of a diagnosis of hypertension were considered to be aware of their condition.
^bHypertensives who reported taking recognized antihypertensive medication were considered to be on treatment.
^cHypertensives on medication whose blood pressure measured during the study was less than140/90 mm Hg were considered to have controlled blood pressure controlled.
Note that the percentages in columns 6-8 use the total number of hypertensives as a common denominator

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