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Table 2 Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension alone, diabetes alone and the combination of both

From: Coincidence of diabetes mellitus and hypertension in a semi-urban Cameroonian population: a cross-sectional study

Condition

Men

Women

Overall

Overall standardized

Age groups (years)

p-trend

Overall

Overall standardized

Age groups (years)

p-trend

<35

35-44

44-55

≥55

<35

35-44

44-55

≥55

N

735

 

174

170

182

209

 

967

 

230

245

257

235

 

Hypertension alone

              

SBP/DBP ≥ 140/90 or treatment (n)

359

 

58

67

106

128

 

345

 

31

69

123

122

 

   Prevalence (%)

48.8

40.4 (34.7 to 46.1)

33.3

39.4

58.2

61.2

<0.001

35.7

23.8 (20.4 to 27.2)

13.5

28.2

47.9

51.9

<0.001

Among hypertensives (n)

53

 

1

2

22

28

 

94

 

7

17

36

34

 

   Awareness (%)

14.8

6.5 (3.9 to 9.1)

1.7

3.0

20.7

21.9

<0.001

38.4

24.3 (13.6 to 35.0)

22.6

24.6

29.3

27.9

0.49

Among aware hypertensives (n)

40

 

1

1

16

22

 

64

 

3

10

24

27

 

   Treatment (%)

74.5

86.4 (−34.1 to 206.9)

100

50.0

72.7

78.6

0.67

68.1

52.1 (21.0 to 83.2)

42.9

58.8

66.7

79.4

0.031

Among treated hypertensives

36

 

0

1

14

21

 

51

 

1

8

19

23

 

   Control (%)

90.0

37.2 (5.1 to 69.3)

0

100

87.5

95.4

0.024

79.7

51.6 (9.6 to 93.6)

33.3

80.0

79.2

85.2

0.13

Diabetes alone

              

FBS > 126 mg/dl or treatment (n)

22

 

6

7

4

5

 

51

 

14

10

14

13

 

   Prevalence (%)

3.0

3.3 (1.5 to 5.1)

3.4

4.1

2.3

2.4

<0.001

5.3

5.6 (3.5 to 7.7)

6.1

4.1

5.4

5.5

<0.001

Among diabetics (n)

8

 

2

1

2

3

 

17

 

3

2

5

7

 

   Awareness (%)

36.4

35.4 (4.8 to 66.0)

33.3

14.3

50.0

60.0

0.23

33.3

26.4 (9.7 to 43.1)

21.4

20.0

35.7

53.8

0.06

Among aware diabetics (n)

6

 

1

1

2

2

 

14

 

2

2

4

6

 

   Treatment (%)

75.0

65.6 (−4.4 to 135.6)

50.0

100

100

66.7

0.750

82.3

75.5 (12.9 to 138.1)

66.7

100

80.0

85.7

0.65

Among treated diabetics (n)

4

 

0

0

2

2

 

10

 

0

2

4

4

 

   Control (%)

66.7

23.1 (0.4 to 45.8)

0

0

100

100

0.048

71.4

33.7 (8.5 to 58.9)

0

100

100

66.7

0.29

Hypertension & diabetes

              

SBP/DBP ≥ 140/90 or BP treatment & FBS > 126 mg/dl or diabetes treatment (n)

51

 

2

8

13

28

 

78

 

5

13

22

38

 

   Prevalence (%)

6.9

3.9 (2.6 to 5.2)

1.1

4.7

7.1

13.4

<0.001

8.1

5.0 (3.5 to 6.5)

2.2

5.3

8.6

16.2

<0.001

Among diabetic hypertensives (n)

35

 

2

6

5

22

 

46

 

4

11

13

18

 

   Awareness (%)

68.6

86.6 (1.5 to 171.7)

100

75.0

38.5

78.6

0.73

59.0

74.7 (25.0 to 124.4)

80.0

84.6

59.1

47.4

0.016

Among aware diabetic hypertensives (n)

3

 

0

0

1

2

 

11

 

1

0

4

6

 

   Treatment (%)

8.6

3.3 (−1.3 to 7.9)

0

0

20.0

9.1

0.24

23.9

22.6 (−8.3 to 53.5)

25.0

0

30.8

33.3

0.46

Among treated diabetic hypertensives (n)

0

 

0

0

0

0

 

0

 

0

0

0

0

 

   Control (%)

0

0

NA

NA

0

0

NA

0

0

0

NA

0

0

NA

  1. DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBS, fasting blood glucose; NA, not applicable; SBP, systolic blood pressure.