126 Chapter 5 Belgium (N=155) Croatia (N=324) Czech Republic (N=333) Finland (N=160) Germany (N=335) Greece (N=68) Ireland (N=209) Italy (N=154) Not controlled 94 (60.6) 189 (58.3)219 (65.8) 90 (56.3) 181 (54.0) 24 (35.3) 157 (75.1)96 (62.3) Mean systolic BP (mmHg) 143 (21.1) 139 (18.1)140 (17.5) 141 (17.0) 140 (17.6) 134 (11.6) 149 (16.9)143 (16.9) Mean systolic BP (mmHg) (SD) 82.4 (11.3) 82.9 (10.6) 85.7 (10.8) 80.3 (9.35)80.4 (10.4) 80.0 (8.77) 82.2 (9.78) 79.4 (8.72) Using antihypertensive medication prescribed to lower blood pressure Not treated 25 (16.1) 26 (8.0) 51 (15.3) 12 (7.5) 23 (6.9) 6 (8.8) 55 (26.3) 15 (9.7) Treated 130 (83.9) 298 (92.0)282 (84.7) 148 (92.5) 312 (93.1) 62 (91.2) 154 (73.7)139 (90.3) Medication adherence Not adherent 16 (10.3) 11 (3.4) 19 (5.7) 20 (12.5) 27 (8.1) 20 (29.4) 58 (27.8) 9 (5.8) Adherent 139 (89.7) 313 (96.6)314 (94.3) 140 (87.5) 308 (91.9) 48 (70.6) 151 (72.2)145 (94.2) Undertook lifestyle changes No 60 (38.7) 140 (43.2)205 (61.6) 65 (40.6) 107 (32.2) 40 (58.8) 52 (25.1) 92 (59.7) Yes 95 (61.3) 184 (56.8)128 (38.4) 95 (59.4) 225 (67.8) 28 (41.2) 155 (74.9)62 (40.3) Hypertension awareness Aware 79 (55.2) 182 (70.3)103 (32.6) 29 (18.4) 195 (61.7) 32 (74.4) 23 (15.6) 101 (75.9) Not aware 64 (44.8) 77 (29.7) 213 (67.4) 129 (81.6) 121 (38.3) 11 (25.6) 124 (84.4)32 (24.1) Told by a health professional that they had raised blood pressure Aware 109 (71.2) 295 (91.0)283 (85.0) 142 (89.3) 292 (87.7) 60 (88.2) 147 (70.7)140 (90.9) Not aware 44 (28.8) 29 (9.0) 50 (15.0) 17 (10.7) 41 (12.3) 8 (11.8) 61 (29.3) 14 (9.1) Aware of blood pressure target level Aware 106 (74.1) 214 (82.0)116 (36.7) 30 (19.0) 232 (73.4) 36 (90.0) 32 (26.0) 112 (86.2) Not aware 37 (25.9) 47 (18.0) 200 (63.3) 128 (81.0) 84 (26.6) 4 (10.0) 91 (74.0) 18 (13.8) Aware of latest blood pressure measurement level Aware 132 (90.4) 259 (92.8)257 (80.1) 141 (90.4) 280 (87.0) 57 (98.3) 63 (47.7) 124 (88.6) Not aware 14 (9.6) 20 (7.2) 64 (19.9) 15 (9.6) 42 (13.0) 1 (1.7) 69 (52.3) 16 (11.4) Supplementary Table 2. Demographics, risk factor and blood pressure-related variables by country (highincome countries), EUROASPIRE V (continued)
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