Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment and control in rural Chinese

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and risk factors for hypertension in a rural population in South India

“…Our findings were also consistent with P value (trend chi square) \0.01 overall and separately for males and females à P value (trend chi square) \0.01 overall and for females § P value (trend chi square) \0.01 overall and for females (Mohamed et al 2000;Dong et al 2008;Richard et al 2000). One of the key findings was very low awareness in certain sub groups such as males and younger age group.…”

Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Vietnam—results from a national survey

“…The SUNSET study 34 and one other study in rural China showed that family history of hypertension was significantly associated with awareness, treatment and control of hypertension. 41 Hypertension prevalence among urban residents in this study was nearly twice that of those in rural areas. Similarly, cities and lowland regions had higher hypertension prevalences than coastal and highland regions.…”

Health perception and adherence with blood pressure control among rural Chinese adults with hypertension

“…A previous study by Dong et al. () found that higher income was associated with lower treatment among rural Chinese people due to their busy work life. It should be noted that, in China, especially in rural areas, people with more income can afford to eat more expensive food with more protein and fat.…”

“…In an earlier Chinese study, older age (45 and above) was found to be related to better blood pressure control (both SBP and DBP) among hypertensive individuals ( N = 5227) who were receiving treatment as part of a study with 17,437 participants in Shanghai (mean age = 58.09) (Wang et al., ). In another study of 45,025 rural Chinese hypertensive adults aged 35–85, old age was associated with poor blood pressure control (Dong et al., ).…”

“…Certain demographic characteristics also are associated with hypertension. For example, among Asians, old age is associated with poor blood pressure control (Dong et al., ) and male gender is associated with higher levels of systolic blood pressure among Chinese immigrants in the USA (Li, Wallhagen, & Froelicher, ), and high body mass index (BMI) is associated with uncontrolled blood pressure in Chinese men and in elderly men in South Korea (Lee et al., ; Xu et al., ). Another Chinese study reported that poor blood pressure control occurs among those who are young, live in urban areas, have minimal education, and are overweight or obese (Wang et al., ).…”