Title
Short-term trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of arterial hypertension in Peru
Date Issued
01 May 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Springer Nature
Abstract
The prevalence of hypertension has been declining in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC), particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean. However, we have not identified studies that evaluate trends for awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in LMIC. We aimed to describe the trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in Peru. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using secondary data (4 years) of the Demographic and Health Survey of Peru (ENDES, Spanish acronym), which is conducted annually and is representative at the country level. The age-standardized prevalence was estimated using the World Health Organization population as the reference population. The trend over time was evaluated with the score test for trend of odds. A total of 109,401 participants were included. In Peru, from 2015 to 2018, the age-standardized prevalence of hypertension increased (p < 0.001), while the proportion of people with disease awareness (p < 0.001) and controlled hypertension decreased (p = 0.01). During that same period, the proportion of people with treatment for hypertension did not vary over time (p = 0.13). In 2018, the age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 20.6%, and the proportion of people with disease awareness, treatment, and control of arterial hypertension was 43.5%, 20.6%, 5.3%, respectively. People with low socioeconomic status and people living in rural areas have the lowest proportion of awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension.
Start page
462
End page
471
Volume
35
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Sistema cardiaco, Sistema cardiovascular
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85086160215
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Human Hypertension
ISSN of the container
09509240
Sponsor(s)
Funding This work was supported by the Strategic Award, Wellcome Trust-Imperial College Centre for Global Health Research (100693/Z/ 12/Z), Imperial College London Wellcome Trust Institutional Strategic Support Fund [Global Health Clinical Research Training Fellowship] (294834/Z/16/Z ISSF ICL), and RMC-L are supported by a Wellcome Trust International Training Fellowship (214185/Z/18/Z). The funders had no role in study design, data collection, and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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