Table 1
Prevalence of risk factors among people treated for hypertension, by sex, household population aged 60 to 79, 2007 to 2015

Table 1
Prevalence of risk factors among people treated for hypertension, by sex, household population aged 60 to 79, 2007 to 2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Prevalence of risk factors among people treated for hypertension. The information is grouped by Socio-demographic characteristics (appearing as row headers), Women, Men, Sample size, % and 95% confidence interval, calculated using from and to units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Socio-demographic characteristics	Women				Men
	Sample size	%	95% confidence interval		Sample size	%	95% confidence interval
	Sample size	%	from	to	Sample size	%	from	to
Age group
60 to 69 years	551	55.6	50.3	60.8	620	59.0	55.0	62.9
70 to 79 years	499	44.4	39.2	49.7	441	41.0	37.1	45.0
Married/Common-law	548	62.8^{Table 1 Note †}	58.5	66.8	784	80.7	77.0	83.9
Less than secondary school graduation	308	28.5	24.0	33.4	275	29.6	25.5	34.1
In lowest income quintile	321	28.0^{Table 1 Note †}	24.2	32.1	228	20.4	16.6	24.7
White	933	85.8	79.8	90.2	930	88.4	83.0	92.3
Has regular doctor	1021	97.9	96.6	98.7	1027	96.8	95.2	97.9
Health behaviours
Current smoker (daily or occasional)	108	9.9^{Table 1 Note †}	7.6	12.8	155	14.7	12.1	17.7
Less than 150 minutes/week in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity	657	63.9^{Table 1 Note †}	59.5	68.2	614	57.6	53.3	61.8
Eats fruits or vegetables less than 5 times per day	681	67.9^{Table 1 Note †}	63.5	72.0	802	75.7	72.3	78.8
Co-morbidity
Overweight or obese	813	78.1^{Table 1 Note †}	74.1	81.6	900	85.9	82.6	88.6
Diabetes	281	25.0^{Table 1 Note †}	22.0	28.3	353	32.9	29.1	37.0
Chronic kidney disease	276	24.8	21.0	29.1	213	19.4	16.0	23.4
Non-HDL cholesterol 4.3 mmol/L or more	230	22.7^{Table 1 Note †}	19.2	26.6	168	16.3	13.8	19.3
Cardiovascular disease	228	19.8^{Table 1 Note †}	16.7	23.3	374	35.7	31.6	40.0
Family history
High blood pressure	642	61.3^{Table 1 Note †}	57.4	65.1	539	54.7	49.8	59.5
Early cardiovascular disease	338	33.0^{Table 1 Note †}	29.7	36.6	278	23.5	20.6	26.8
Medication use
One antihypertensive medication (monotherapy)	561	54.0	50.1	57.9	553	51.8	47.4	56.1
Two antihypertensive medications	362	35.0	31.6	38.5	356	33.2	29.5	37.1
Three or more antihypertensive medications	127	11.0	8.6	13.9	152	15.1	12.1	18.6
Medication type
Diuretic	341	31.5^{Table 1 Note †}	27.4	35.9	221	19.8	16.2	23.8
Calcium channel antagonist	314	29.8	25.7	34.3	310	29.3	24.7	34.4
Agent acting on renin-angiotension system	719	68.4^{Table 1 Note †}	64.7	71.9	840	80.1	77.3	82.7
Beta-blocker	294	27.7^{Table 1 Note †}	24.4	31.4	356	34.6	30.5	38.9
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and antirheumatic	246	24.1^{Table 1 Note †}	20.9	27.7	169	14.3	12.2	16.8
Note † estimate for women is significantly different from estimate for men (p <=0.05) Return to note † referrer Notes: Sample sizes are unweighted counts. Percentages and confidence intervals are based on weighted estimates. Family history of high blood pressure and less than 150 minutes/week in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity each include a third response category for "unknown" which accounts for 12% and 25% of total response, respectively. Source: 2007 to 2009, 2009 to 2011, 2012 to 2013, and 2014 to 2015 Canadian Health Measures Survey, combined.

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