ABC | Volume 112, Nº3, March 2019

Original Article Sousa et al Prevalence of hypertension in older adults Arq Bras Cardiol. 2019; 112(3):271-278 Table 2 – Hypertension prevalence, treatment and control in elderly individuals from a Brazilian capital city. Goiânia, Goiás, 2010 Variables Prevalence rate (n = 683) (95%CI) Treatment rate (n = 496) (95%CI) Control rate (n = 252) (95%CI) Total 74.9 (69.2 – 75.9) 72.6 (69.2 – 75.9) 50.8 (44.8 – 53.6) Gender Male 78.6 (74.1 – 82.7) 67.6 (61.9 – 73.0) 44.0 (37.0 – 51.3) Female 72.6 (68.8 – 76.2) 75.9 (71.6 – 79.9) 54.8 (49.2 – 60.3) p value 0.043 0.018 0.020 Age range (years) 60 |-- 70 76.0 (71.8 – 79.8) 74.9 (70.1 – 79.4) 57.8 (51.6 – 63.8) 70 |-- 80 73.8 (68.6 – 78.5) 68.9 (62.6 – 74.8) 39.2 (31.7 – 47.1) 80 |-- 90 74.3 (66.8 – 80.9) 70.9 (61.9 – 78.8) 51.3 (40.2 – 62.2) 90 + 72.7 (51.7 – 88.1) 87.5 (64.5 – 97.8) 50.0 (25.1 – 74.9) p value 0,906 0,224 0,004 Marital status Married 73.7 (69.4 – 77.6) 73.6 (68.7 – 78.2) 51.4 (45.2 – 57.7) Single 78.4 (68.9 – 86.1) 72.5 (61.1 – 82.0) 50.0 (36.3 – 63.7) Widowed 75.1 (69.9 – 79.8) 70.9 (64.6 – 76.6) 46.8 (39.1 – 54.6) Divorced 76.3 (66.0 – 84.6) 72.1 (59.9 – 82.3) 63.6 (48.7 – 76.8) p value 0.730 0.803 0.364 Level of schooling Illiterate 75.9 (68.3 – 82.4) 68.2 (59.0 – 76.5) 46.6 (35.4 – 58.0) Never attended school/Can read 77.3 (63.2 – 87.8) 55.9 (39.1 – 71.8) 31.6 (13.9 – 54.5) Complete/incomplete Elementary School 75.3 (71.1 – 79.2) 73.8 (68.8 – 78.3) 53.6 (47.2 – 59.8) Complete/incomplete High School 74.2 (67.7 – 80.0) 74.3 (66.7 – 80.9) 50.5 (41.0 – 59.9) Complete/incomplete College/University 73.6 (63.9 – 81.9) 79.1 (68.2 – 87.6) 54.7 (41.2 – 67.7) p value 0.986 0.104 0.359 Income (in MW) < 1 SMW 79.5 (74.4 – 84.1) 74.3 (68.1 – 79.8) 55.8 (47.9 – 63.4) 1MW |--- 2MW 72.1 (67.5 – 76.3) 72.9 (67.5 – 77.8) 44.9 (38.2 – 51.8) 2 MW|--- 4MW 73.3 (66.1 – 79.7) 70.3 (61.6 – 78.1) 51.8 (41.1 – 62.4) 4MW + 76.1 (66.6 – 83.6) 71.4 (60.1 – 81.1) 58.0 (44.1 – 71.0) p value 0.173 0.883 0.141 Smoker Yes 82.0 (73.0 – 89.0) 84.9 (75.3 – 91.8) 46.8 (34.6 – 59.2) No 73.6 (69.6 – 77.3) 72.8 (68.11 – 77.2) 51.5 (45.5 – 57.4) Ex-smoker 74.9 (69.9 – 79.4) 68.6 (62.5 – 74.3) 51.8 (44.2 – 59.4) p value 0.240 0.024 0.773 Alcoholism Yes 79.5 (73.2 – 84.8) 75.5 (68.1 – 81.9) 38.7 (30.2 – 48.0) No 73.9 (70.4 – 77.2) 71.2 (67.0 – 75.2) 53.2 (47.8 – 58.6) Ex-alcoholic 71.9 (62.3 – 80.2) 73.9 (62.6 – 83.2) 58.8 (45.0 – 71.7) p value 0.243 0.577 0.014 Physical activity Yes 73.8 (68.4 – 78.7) 75.2 (69.0 – 80.8) 51.0 (43.1 – 58.8) No 75.0 (71.5 – 78.3) 71.2 (67.0 – 75.2) 50.6 (45.2 – 56.0) p value 0.374 0.285 0.940 MW: minimum wage (value R $ 510.00 - year 2010). 275