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Table 3 Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control in the intervention and comparison districts

From: Evaluation of a community-based hypertension improvement program (ComHIP) in Ghana: data from a baseline survey

 

Comparison

Intervention

Total

N

%

95% CI

N

%

95% CI

N

%

95% CI

Examined

1170

100%

 

1167

100%

 

2337

100%

 

Normal

805

68.8%

(66% – 71.4%)

785

67.3%

(64.5% – 69.9%)

1590

68.0%

(66.1% – 69.9%)

Stage 1

232

19.8%

(17.6% – 22.3%)

210

18.0%

(15.9% – 20.3%)

442

18.9%

(17.4% – 20.6%)

Stage 2

86

7.4%

(6% – 9%)

105

9.0%

(7.4% – 10.8%)

191

8.2%

(7.1% – 9.4%)

Stage 3

47

4.0%

(3% – 5.3%)

67

5.7%

(4.5% – 7.3%)

114

4.9%

(4.1% – 5.9%)

Examined

1170

  

1167

  

2337

  

Hypertensive (1)

367

31.4%

(28.7% – 34.1%)

390

33.4%

(30.7% – 36.2%)

757

32.4%

(30.5% – 34.3%)

Aware (2)

164

44.7%

(39.5% – 49.9%)

186

47.7%

(42.7% – 52.8%)

350

46.2%

(42.6% – 49.9%)

Treated (2)

14

3.8%

(2.2% – 6.5%)

17

4.4%

(2.6% – 7%)

31

4.1%

(2.8% – 5.8%)

% of Aware

 

8.5%

(4.9% – 14.2%)

 

9.1%

(5.6% – 14.5%)

 

8.9%

(6.2% – 12.5%)

Controlled (2)

2

0.5%

(0.1% – 2.2%)

8

2.1%

(1% – 4.2%)

10

1.3%

(0.7% – 2.5%)

% Treated

 

14.3%

(2.5% – 43.8%)

 

47.1%

(23.9% – 71.5%)

 

32.3%

(17.3% – 51.5%)

  1. Comparison districts: (1) % over examined individuals, (2) % over hypertensive individuals