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Table 2 Proportion of home BP monitor ownership and prevalence of HBPM, n (%)

From: Assessing the routine-practice gap for home blood pressure monitoring among Chinese adults with hypertension

 

All subjects

n = 2272

Owning a home BP monitor

Conducting HBPM weekly

Yes (%)

P-value

Yes (%)

P-value

Sex

  

0.104

 

0.123

 Male

977

462 (47.3)

 

285 (29.2)

 

 Female

1295

568 (43.9)

 

340 (26.3)

 

Age (y)

  

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 < 65

1091

375 (34.4)

 

212 (19.4)

 

 ≥65

1181

655 (55.5)

 

413 (35.5)

 

Area

  

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Beijing

761

587 (77.1)

 

364 (47.8)

 

 Jiangsu

758

263 (34.7)

 

150 (19.8)

 

 Shandong

753

180 (23.9)

 

111 (14.7)

 

Location of living

  

< 0.001

 

0.012

 Urban

1141

703 (61.6)

 

445 (39.3)

 

 Rural

1131

327 (28.9)

 

180 (15.8)

 

Educational level

  

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Intermediate school or lower

1761

618 (35.1)

 

380 (21.6)

 

 Middle and High school

359

290 (80.8)

 

168 (46.8)

 

 ≥College graduate

152

122 (80.3)

 

77 (50.7)

 

History of ISCVD

  

< 0.001

 

0.004

 Yes

240

135 (56.3)

 

85 (35.4)

 

 No

2032

895 (44.0)

 

540 (26.6)

 

Duration of hypertension (y)

  

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 <5

829

282 (34.0)

 

140 (16.9)

 

 5–9

673

317 (47.1)

 

194 (28.8)

 

 ≥10

770

431 (56.0)

 

291 (37.8)

 

Antihypertensive Medication

  

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Yes

1598

804 (50.3)

 

507 (31.7)

 

 No

674

226 (33.5)

 

118 (17.5)

 

Controlled hypertension

  

0.004

 

0.241

 Yes

991

483 (48.7)

 

285 (28.8)

 

 No

1281

547 (42.7)

 

340 (26.5)

 

Advice on HBPM from doctor

  

< 0.001

 

< 0.001

 Yes

1541

952 (61.8)

 

584 (37.9)

 

 No

731

78 (10.7)

 

41 (5.6)

 
  1. ISCVD Ischemic cardiovascular disease, HBPM Home blood pressure monitoring