| Overall (n=1,010) | By Region | P-value for regional comparisona | By Population | P-value for population comparisona | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South (n=265) | Bekaa (n=394) | GB/ML (n=351) | Syrian (n=637) | Lebanese (n=330) | ||||||||||
| Point | 95% CI | Point | 95% CI | Point | 95% CI | Point | 95% CI | Point | 95% CI | Point | 95% CI | |||
| Hypertension (HT) History | ||||||||||||||
| Ever diagnosed with HTb | 87.5% | (85.3-89.5%) | 80.0% | (74.7-84.6%) | 86.6% | (82.8-89.8%) | 94.3% | (91.3-96.5%) | < 0.001 | 86.7% | (83.8-89.2%) | 89.4% | (85.6-92.5%) | 0.221 |
| HT diagnosis at most recent visitc | n=803 | n=196 | n=312 | n=295 | n=509 | n=265 | ||||||||
| At most recent visit | 11.5% | (9.3-13.9%) | 14.8% | (10.1-20.6%) | 8.3% | (5.5-12.0%) | 12.5% | (9.0-16.9%) | 0.064 | 14.5% | (11.6-17.9%) | 6.8% | (4.1-10.5%) | 0.002 |
| No, diagnosed before most recent visit | 88.5% | (86.1-90.7%) | 85.2% | (79.4-89.9%) | 91.7% | (88.0-94.5%) | 87.5% | (83.1-91.0%) | 85.5% | (82.1-88.4%) | 93.2% | (89.5-95.9%) | ||
| Years since HT diagnosisd | n=750 | n=178 | n=291 | n=281 | n=470 | n=253 | ||||||||
| Median | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | ||||||||
| Mean | 7.81 | (7.34-8.28) | 6.98 | (6.01-7.96) | 7.73 | (7.01-8.45) | 8.42 | (7.62-9.23) | 0.069 | 6.96 | (6.39-7.53) | 9.19 | (8.35-10.03) | < 0.001 |
| Medication | n=873 | n=206 | n=337 | n=330 | n=543 | n=293 | ||||||||
| Ever prescribed medication | 100% | (99.5-100%) | 100% | (98.1-100%) | 100% | (98.8-100%) | 100% | (98.8-100%) | - | 100% | (99.3-100%) | 100% | (98.6-100%) | - |
| Currently taking hypertension medication | 98.1% | (96.9-99.0%) | 98.9% | (96.0-99.9%) | 98.0% | (95.6-99.2%) | 97.9% | (95.4-99.2%) | 0.701 | 98.1% | (96.4-99.1%) | 98.0% | (95.5-99.4%) | 0.960 |
| Stopped taking medicines for 2+ weeks in the past 3 months | 9.3% | (7.3-11.6%) | 10.6% | (6.5-16.1%) | 13.3% | (9.6-17.7%) | 4.3% | (2.2-7.3%) | 0.001 | 13.3% | (10.4-16.7%) | 2.4% | (0.9-5.1%) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes (DM) History | ||||||||||||||
| Ever diagnosed with DMb | 53.5% | (50.3-56.6%) | 52.8% | (46.6-59.0%) | 53.3% | (48.2-58.3%) | 54.1% | (48.8-59.4%) | 0.947 | 49.0% | (45.0-52.9%) | 60.9% | (55.4-66.2%) | < 0.001 |
| DM diagnosis at most recent visitc | n=506 | n=135 | n=196 | n=175 | n=287 | n=194 | ||||||||
| At most recent visit | 9.7% | (7.3-12.6%) | 14.8% | (9.3-21.9%) | 6.1% | (3.2-10.5%) | 9.7% | (5.8-15.1%) | 0.032 | 11.9% | (8.3-16.2%) | 6.7% | (3.6-11.2%) | 0.062 |
| No, diagnosed before most recent visit | 90.3% | (87.4-92.7%) | 85.2% | (78.1-90.7%) | 93.9% | (89.5-96.8%) | 90.3% | (84.9-94.2%) | 88.2% | (83.8-91.7%) | 93.3% | (88.8-96.4%) | ||
| Years since DM diagnosisd | n=448 | n=111 | n=179 | n=158 | n=247 | n=178 | ||||||||
| Median | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||
| Mean | 8.9 | (8.2-9.5) | 8.3 | (7.0-9.7) | 8.8 | (7.7-9.8) | 9.5 | (8.4-10.7) | 0.386 | 7.8 | (7.0-8.6) | 10.8 | (9.6-11.9) | < 0.001 |
| Medication | n=537 | n=139 | n=208 | n=190 | n=309 | n=201 | ||||||||
| Ever prescribed medication | 99.8% | (98.9-100%) | 99.3% | (96.0-100%) | 100% | (98.1-100%) | 100% | (98.1-100%) | 0.242 | 100% | (98.8-100%) | 99.5% | (97.3-100%) | 0.215 |
| Currently taking diabetes medication | 96.4% | (94.4-97.9%) | 95.6% | (90.6-98.4%) | 98.0% | (94.9-99.4%) | 95.4% | (91.2-98.0%) | 0.342 | 96.5% | (93.7-98.3%) | 97.4% | (94.1-99.2%) | 0.575 |
| Stopped taking medicines for 2+ weeks in the past 3 months | 7.5% | (5.4-10.2%) | 10.4% | (5.8-16.8%) | 8.2% | (4.7-12.9%) | 4.6% | (2.0-8.8%) | 0.143 | 10.8% | (7.5-15.0%) | 2.6% | (0.8-5.9%) | 0.001 |