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Introduction: Blood pressure is one of the most important risk factors for cardiovascular disease and plays an important role in the progression of stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure and kidney failure. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of hypertension and its control in HTN patients in MASHAD cohort study. Methods: This study was performed in MASHAD cohort study. Subjects in this study were divided into three groups with normotensive (SBP<120 mmHg or DBP<80 mmHg), pre-hypertensive (120≤SBP≤139 mmHg or 80≤SBP≤89 mmHg) and hypertensive (SBP>140 mmHg or DBP>90 mmHg) subjects. SPSS software (ver.21) was used for data analysis. The significance level of the tests was considered less than 5%. Results: 9704 individuals were recruited in this cross-sectional study, of which 33.4% were healthy, 35% had pre-hypertension and 31.6% had hypertension. 44.3% of subjects with HTN was aware about their disease. The prevalence of hypertension in men under 40 years was 15.9% and it was more than women. Moreover, prevalence of pre-hypertension in men in age 40-50, 50-60 and more than 60 was more than other groups. Also, the frequency of hypertension in women but not in men increased with age. Of all patients with hypertension in this study, 58.5% were aware of their disease. This number was 43.4% in men and 66.6% in women. Hypertension was controlled in 24% of patients, 16.3% of men and 28.6% of women. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that more than one third of the study population had high blood pressure and more than one third had prehypertension. Also, more than half of the people were not aware of their high blood pressure, and only 24% of those who were aware of their disease were able to control its. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
