PMID- 23356043
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130307
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0840-6529 (Print)
IS  - 0840-6529 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 4
DP  - 2012 Dec
TI  - The difference in hypertension control between older men and women.
PG  - 33-40
AB  - BACKGROUND: In Canada, as elsewhere, control of hypertension in older persons who 
      are using antihypertensive medication is more likely in men than in women. The 
      reasons for the observed difference are not known. DATA AND METHODS: Data are 
      from cycle 1 of the 2007 to 2009 Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). The CHMS 
      includes a comprehensive questionnaire, automated blood pressure (BP) measures, 
      and a variety of biological and anthropometric assessments. Frequencies, means, 
      cross-tabulations and multivariate models were produced to study differences 
      between the sexes in hypertension control in a weighted sample representative of 
      the household population aged 60 to 79. RESULTS: The prevalence of hypertension 
      was nearly equal among older men (60%) and women (59%), and the percentage of 
      those with hypertension who were receiving pharmaceutical treatment was not 
      statistically different (84% and 89%, respectively). However, despite current 
      treatment, hypertension was uncontrolled in a substantially higher percentage of 
      women (30%) than men (17%). The difference persisted when age, socio-economic 
      status, co-morbidity, category of medication, anthropometry, and other correlates 
      of hypertension were taken into account. INTERPRETATION: The factors considered 
      in the analysis do not account for the advantage to older men in hypertension 
      control. The findings underscore the importance of efforts to control blood 
      pressure in older women.
FAU - Wilkins, Kathryn
AU  - Wilkins K
AD  - Health Analysis Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6.
FAU - Gee, Marianne
AU  - Gee M
FAU - Campbell, Norm
AU  - Campbell N
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Canada
TA  - Health Rep
JT  - Health reports
JID - 9012854
RN  - 0 (Antihypertensive Agents)
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Aged
MH  - Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic use
MH  - Blood Pressure Determination/methods
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*drug therapy/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Odds Ratio
MH  - *Outcome Assessment, Health Care
MH  - Population Surveillance
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Factors
EDAT- 2013/01/30 06:00
MHDA- 2013/03/08 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/30 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/03/08 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Health Rep. 2012 Dec;23(4):33-40.