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. 2019 Aug 27;9(1):12409.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-48232-y.

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and their determinants: Results from the first cohort of non-communicable diseases in a Kurdish settlement

Fatemeh Rajati  1 , Behrooz Hamzeh  1 , Yahya Pasdar  1 , Roya Safari  1 , Mehdi Moradinazar  1 , Ebrahim Shakiba  2 , Shahrzad Bazargan-Hejazi  3 , Hossein Karim  4 , Farid Najafi  5
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Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension and their determinants: Results from the first cohort of non-communicable diseases in a Kurdish settlement

Fatemeh Rajati et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Hypertension is a public health issue in Iran. The study aimed to estimate the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension, and to explore their determinants among 10,040 Kurdish adults from Ravansar Non-Communicable Disease (RaNCD) cohort study in Iran. Univariate, and multivariate analyses were used for statistical analysis. Prevalence of hypertension was 15.7%. Among hypertensive patients, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension were 80.7%, 73.2%, and 53.3%, respectively. In multivariate analysis, significant associations were found between awareness and female sex, older age, being married rather than being single, literacy, living in rural areas, having family history, and comorbidities, with a higher probability for those who had both diabetes and dyslipidemia. Being married, living in rural areas, being ex-smokers, having less physical activity and individuals who had diabetes and dyslipidemia had higher odds of receiving treatment. Being female had a statistically significant association with the control of hypertension. The Kurdish population had higher awareness, with a greater proportion of treated, and controlled patients compared to populations included in previous studies for the last 20 years in Iran. With the continuing health promotion programs in Iran, it is expected to observe a lower prevalence of hypertension, higher awareness and greater number of treated individuals with controlled hypertension.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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The prevalence of hypertension by age and sex.
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Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among hypertensive adults.
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