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Table 2 Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension by age and sex

From: Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in older people: results from the population-based KORA-age 1 study

 

Age (years)

Prevalence (n = 1052)

Awareness (n = 790)

Treatment among aware hypertensives (n = 638)

Control among treated (n = 601)

Male

65–94

74.8 (68.4–80.2) a

78.3 (71.1–84.2) a

93.9 (87.9–97.1) a

52.5 (43.2–61.5) a

Female

65–94

73.5 (66.8–79.3) a

81.3 (74.0–87.0) a

92.6 (86.1–96.4) a

54.9 (45.3–64.2) a

Total

65–74

70.5 (66.0–74.6)

78.4 (73.5–82.7)

90.8 (86.4–93.9)

54.4 (47.7–60.9)

75–84

79.9 (76.0–83.4)

82.0 (77.7–85.7)

96.1 (93.2–97.8)

53.0 (47.2–58.8)

85–94

73.6 (64.8–80.9)

83.7 (74.2–90.3)

97.4 (90.1–99.5)

49.3 (37.7–61.0)

65–94

73.8 (69.3–77.9) a

80.2 (75.3–84.4) a

92.8 (88.8–95.6) a

53.7 (47.0–60.2) a

  1. aAge-standardized according to the distribution of the Germany population, 31 December 2009