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Table 3 Prevalence and awareness, treatment, and control proportions of biological cardiovascular health metrics in total sample and by sex (n = 5026)

From: Sex disparities in cardiovascular health metrics among rural-dwelling older adults in China: a population-based study

Cardiovascular

health metrics

n

Proportion (95% confidence interval) (%)

p-valuea

Total sample

(n = 5026)

Men

(n = 2150)

Women

(n = 2876)

Hypertension

 Prevalence

3374

67.1 (65.8–68.4)

64.6 (62.5–66.6)

69.1 (67.4–70.7)

0.001

 Awareness

2003

59.4 (57.7–61.0)

54.3 (51.7–57.0)

62.9 (60.8–65.0)

< 0.001

 Treatment

1113

33.0 (31.4–34.6)

30.8 (28.3–33.2)

34.5 (32.5–36.6)

0.022

 Control Ab

226

20.3 (17.9–22.7)

21.8 (17.9–25.7)

19.4 (16.4–22.4)

0.335

 Control Bb

226

6.7 (5.9–7.5)

6.7 (5.4–8.0)

6.7 (5.6–7.8)

0.991

Diabetes

 Prevalence

722

14.4 (13.4–15.3)

11.6 (10.2–12.9)

16.5 (15.1–17.8)

< 0.001

 Awareness

583

80.7 (77.9–83.6)

72.3 (66.7–77.9)

85.2 (82.0–88.4)

< 0.001

 Treatment

240

33.2 (29.8–36.7)

32.1 (26.3–38.0)

33.8 (29.6–38.1)

0.645

 Control Ab

89

37.1 (30.9–43.2)

33.8 (21.2–44.3)

38.8 (31.1–46.4)

0.450

 Control Bb

285

39.5 (35.9–43.1)

32.5 (26.7–38.4)

43.1 (38.7–47.6)

0.006

High cholesterol

 Prevalence

761

15.1 (14.2–16.1)

9.8 (8.5–11.0)

19.2 (17.7–20.6)

< 0.001

 Awareness

193

25.4 (22.3–28.5)

27.1 (21.1–33.2)

24.7 (21.1–28.3)

0.486

 Treatment

262

34.4 (31.1–37.8)

54.8 (48.0–61.6)

26.7 (23.0–30.4)

< 0.001

 Control Ab

248

94.7 (91.9–97.4)

95.7 (91.9–99.4)

93.9 (90.0–97.8)

0.526

 Control Bb

248

32.6 (29.3–35.9)

52.4 (45.6–59.2)

25.1 (21.4–28.7)

< 0.001

  1. ap-value is for the test of differences between men and women
  2. bControl A indicates the proportion of achieving the treatment goal among people who were treated with the corresponding medication; Control B means the proportion of achieving the treatment goal among people who had the corresponding biological cardiovascular risk factor