Figure 1Characteristics of hypertension by age groups. Data are presented as means with 95% confidence intervals. (A) Prevalence of hypertension by age group, (B) awareness rates of hypertension patients by age group, (C) treatment rates of hypertension patients by age group, (D) control rates of hypertension patients with treatment by age group, and (E) control rates of hypertension patients by age group.
Table 1.Characteristics of all adult participants in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007 to 20111
Characteristics |
2007 (n = 3020) |
2008 (n = 6772) |
2009 (n = 7504) |
2010 (n = 6303) |
2011 (n = 6150) |
p for trend2
|
Mean age (y) |
44.1 (43.1, 45.2) |
44.4 (43.6, 45.2) |
44.8 (44.0, 45.6) |
45.1 (44.2, 46.1) |
45.7 (44.8, 46.6) |
0.008 |
Sex (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
49.5 (47.9, 51.1) |
49.5 (48.3, 50.6) |
49.5 (48.5, 50.6) |
49.1 (47.9, 50.3) |
49.5 (48.2, 50.8) |
0.98 |
Women |
50.5 (48.9, 52.1) |
50.5 (49.4, 51.7) |
50.5 (49.4, 51.5) |
50.9 (49.7, 52.1) |
50.5 (49.2, 51.8) |
|
Mean BP (mmHg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Systolic |
115.6 (114.3, 116.9) |
114.3 (113.5, 115.1) |
119.0 (118.3, 119.7) |
119.6 (118.8, 120.4) |
117.6 (116.9, 118.4) |
<0.001 |
Diastolic |
76.0 (75.3, 76.7) |
74.8 (74.3, 75.4) |
78.3 (77.8, 78.8) |
77.2 (76.7, 77.8) |
76.1 (75.7, 76.5) |
0.005 |
BP (mmHg, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
≥160/≥100 |
3.1 (2.2, 3.9) |
2.6 (2.1, 3.1) |
5.3 (4.5, 6.0) |
4.6 (3.9, 5.3) |
3.9 (3.3, 4.5) |
0.002 |
140-159/90-99 |
9.9 (8.3, 11.5) |
10.8 (9.8, 11.7) |
16.6 (15.4, 17.8) |
16.2 (14.9, 17.6) |
12.5 (11.3, 13.6) |
<0.001 |
120-139/80-89 |
32.7 (30.2, 35.2) |
28.4 (27.0, 29.9) |
33.5 (32.1, 34.9) |
32.6 (30.9, 34.3) |
33.2 (31.6, 34.8) |
0.10 |
<120/<80 |
54.4 (51.1, 57.7) |
58.2 (56.1, 60.3) |
44.6 (42.7, 46.5) |
46.6 (44.2, 48.9) |
50.5 (48.5, 52.5) |
<0.001 |
Mean BMI |
23.6 (23.5, 23.8) |
23.6 (23.4, 23.7) |
23.6 (23.5, 23.7) |
23.6 (23.5, 23.7) |
23.7 (23.5, 23.8) |
<0.001 |
BMI (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
<18.5 |
4.6 (3.6, 5.7) |
5.0 (4.3, 5.7) |
4.8 (4.2, 5.4) |
4.8 (4.2, 5.5) |
5.0 (4.3, 5.8) |
0.66 |
18.5-24.9 |
63.3 (61.1, 65.4) |
63.9 (62.4, 65.4) |
63.3 (61.9, 64.7) |
63.9 (62.4, 65.4) |
63.1 (61.5, 64.6) |
0.88 |
≥30.0 |
32.1 (29.9, 34.3) |
31.1 (29.6, 32.6) |
31.9 (30.6, 33.3) |
31.3 (29.8, 32.8) |
31.9 (30.3, 33.5) |
0.94 |
Diabetes (%) |
5.9 (4.8, 7.0) |
6.1 (5.5, 6.8) |
6.1 (5.4, 6.7) |
6.3 (5.6, 7.0) |
6.6 (5.8, 7.4) |
0.25 |
Table 2.Characteristics of adult participants with hypertension in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007 to 20111
Characteristics |
2007 (n = 764) |
2008 (n = 1837) |
2009 (n = 2486) |
2010 (n = 2138) |
2011 (n = 1967) |
p for trend2
|
Mean age (y) |
57.7 (56.2, 59.3) |
56.5 (55.6, 57.5) |
55.4 (54.3, 56.5) |
56.3 (55.2, 57.4) |
57.2 (56.1, 58.3) |
0.69 |
Sex (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Men |
51.3 (46.4, 56.2) |
52.4 (50.1, 54.7) |
57.8 (55.6, 59.9) |
55.9 (53.4, 58.5) |
55.8 (53.3, 58.2) |
0.01 |
Women |
48.7 (43.8, 53.6) |
47.6 (45.3, 49.9) |
42.2 (40.1, 44.4) |
44.1 (41.5, 46.6) |
44.2 (41.8, 46.7) |
|
Mean BP (mmHg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Systolic |
136.8 (135, 138.6) |
133.1 (131.8, 134.3) |
136.6 (135.7, 137.6) |
137.5 (136.6, 138.5) |
135.3 (134.2, 136.3) |
0.42 |
Diastolic |
86.0 (84.8, 87.1) |
85.0 (84.2, 85.8) |
88.2 (87.5, 88.9) |
86.6 (85.9, 87.3) |
84.1 (83.3, 84.8) |
0.05 |
BP (mmHg, %) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
≥160/≥100 |
14.9 (11.5, 18.2) |
11.5 (9.4, 13.7) |
18.0 (15.8, 20.2) |
15.7 (13.5, 17.8) |
14.8 (12.6, 17.1) |
0.37 |
140-159/90-99 |
47.5 (43, 52.1) |
47.4 (44.6, 50.1) |
56.5 (53.9, 59) |
55.4 (52.4, 58.4) |
47.6 (44.5, 50.7) |
0.24 |
120-139/80-89 |
28.9 (24.4, 33.5) |
26.4 (24, 28.7) |
19.7 (17.7, 21.7) |
22.5 (20.1, 24.8) |
26.3 (23.9, 28.7) |
0.14 |
<120/<80 |
8.6 (6.2, 11.1) |
14.7 (12.2, 17.3) |
5.9 (4.6, 7.1) |
6.4 (5.3, 7.6) |
11.2 (9.5, 12.9) |
0.35 |
Mean BMI |
25.3 (25.1, 25.6) |
25.0 (24.8, 25.2) |
25.0 (24.8, 25.2) |
25.0 (24.8, 25.2) |
24.9 (24.7, 25.1) |
0.02 |
BMI (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
<18.5 |
1.0 (0.5, 1.6) |
2.3 (1.6, 3.1) |
1.8 (1.1, 2.4) |
1.5 (0.9, 2.2) |
2.4 (1.5, 3.2) |
0.14 |
18.5-24.9 |
45.8 (42, 49.6) |
48.7 (45.8, 51.5) |
50.7 (48.2, 53.3) |
51.4 (48.5, 54.3) |
50.2 (47.5, 52.9) |
0.03 |
≥30.0 |
53.2 (49.3, 57.1) |
49.0 (46.1, 51.8) |
47.5 (45.0, 50.0) |
47.0 (44.0, 50.0) |
47.4 (44.7, 50.2) |
0.01 |
Diabetes (%) |
14.6 (11.7, 17.5) |
15.0 (13.1, 16.8) |
13.0 (11.5, 14.5) |
12.6 (11.1, 14) |
15.6 (13.7, 17.6) |
0.97 |
Table 3.Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007 to 2011
|
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
p for trend1
|
Prevalence %2
|
20.7 (18.5, 23.0) |
22.7 (21.3, 24.1) |
29.4 (27.7, 31) |
29.3 (27.5, 31.1) |
26.2 (24.6, 27.7) |
<0.001 |
Awareness %3
|
64.8 (59.8, 69.8) |
65 (62.1, 67.8) |
52.4 (49.4, 55.4) |
56.6 (53.1, 60.2) |
61.1 (58.2, 64.0) |
0.02 |
Treatment %3
|
58.4 (53.1, 63.6) |
58.8 (55.7, 61.9) |
47.4 (44.2, 50.5) |
52.2 (48.9, 55.6) |
56.8 (53.9, 59.8) |
0.20 |
Treatment-control %3
|
65.9 (58.6, 73.3) |
70.1 (66.5, 73.8) |
54.0 (50.3, 57.7) |
56.2 (52.5, 59.9) |
67.7 (64.2, 71.2) |
0.28 |
Control %3
|
37.6 (32.4, 42.8) |
41.1 (37.8, 44.4) |
25.5 (22.8, 28.2) |
28.9 (26.3, 31.5) |
37.6 (34.7, 40.4) |
0.08 |
Table 4.Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension by sex in the Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007 to 2011
|
Sex |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
p for trend1
|
Prevalence %2
|
Male |
21.5 (18.3, 24.7) |
24.0 (22.2, 25.8) |
34.2 (32.1, 36.3) |
33.4 (30.9, 35.9) |
29.5 (27.4, 31.6) |
<0.001 |
|
Female |
20.0 (17.3, 22.7) |
21.4 (19.8, 23.0) |
24.6 (22.6, 26.6) |
25.4 (23.3, 27.4) |
22.9 (21.1, 24.8) |
0.006 |
Awareness %3
|
Male |
55.6 (48.4, 62.8) |
56.1 (52.2, 60.1) |
43.9 (40.3, 47.5) |
45.3 (40.9, 49.6) |
50.8 (46.8, 54.9) |
0.02 |
|
Female |
74.4 (69.4, 79.5) |
74.6 (71.1, 78.2) |
64.1 (60.5, 67.7) |
71.1 (67.4, 74.7) |
73.8 (70.1, 77.6) |
0.58 |
Treatment %3
|
Male |
48.7 (41.4, 56.0) |
47.6 (43.4, 51.9) |
37.8 (34.3, 41.4) |
40.1 (36.1, 44.1) |
46.1 (42.1, 50.2) |
0.22 |
|
Female |
68.5 (62.7, 74.2) |
71 (67.3, 74.6) |
60.4 (56.5, 64.2) |
67.6 (63.9, 71.4) |
70.1 (66.3, 74.0) |
0.91 |
Treatment-control %3
|
Male |
62.0 (52.0, 72.0) |
68.2 (62.1, 74.3) |
53.0 (47.5, 58.5) |
59.3 (54.0, 64.6) |
65.6 (60.3, 70.9) |
0.98 |
|
Female |
68.8 (60.6, 77.0) |
71.6 (67.9, 75.3) |
54.9 (50.9, 58.8) |
53.8 (49.2, 58.5) |
69.4 (65.4, 73.5) |
0.10 |
Control %3
|
Male |
29.5 (23.1, 35.8) |
32.3 (28.0, 36.6) |
20.0 (17.1, 22.9) |
23.4 (20.3, 26.5) |
29.4 (25.8, 32.9) |
0.33 |
|
Female |
46.2 (39.9, 52.4) |
50.8 (46.7, 54.8) |
33.1 (29.8, 36.3) |
35.9 (32.1, 39.6) |
47.9 (44.0, 51.8) |
0.17 |