Anna Marzá Florensa

130 Chapter 5 Supplementary Table 3. Demographics, risk factor and blood pressure-related variables by country (middle-income countries), EUROASPIRE V (continued) Bosnia and Herzegovina (N=170) Bulgaria (N=334) Egypt (N=177) Kazakhstan (N=357) Using antihypertensive medication prescribed to lower blood pressure Not treated 5 (2.9) 13 (3.9) 27 (15.3) 41 (11.5) Treated 165 (97.1) 321 (96.1) 150 (84.7) 316 (88.5) Medication adherence Medication adherence Not adherent 26 (15.3) 46 (13.8) 84 (47.5) 74 (20.7) Adherent 144 (84.7) 288 (86.2) 93 (52.5) 283 (79.3) Undertook lifestyle changes No 74 (43.5) 135 (40.4) 143 (80.8) 208 (59.6) Yes 96 (56.5) 199 (59.6) 34 (19.2) 141 (40.4) Hypertension awareness Hypertension awareness Aware 84 (60.4) 257 (89.2) 40 (24.7) 224 (85.8) Not aware 55 (39.6) 31 (10.8) 122 (75.3) 37 (14.2) Told by a health professional that they had raised blood pressure Aware 165 (97.1) 327 (98.5) 150 (84.7) 331 (93.5) Not aware 5 (2.9) 5 (1.5) 27 (15.3) 23 (6.5) Aware of blood pressure target level Aware of blood pressure target level Aware 85 (61.2) 278 (94.2) 46 (27.4) 245 (93.5) Not aware 54 (38.8) 17 (5.8) 122 (72.6) 17 (6.5) Aware of latest blood pressure measurement level Aware 144 (88.3) 311 (94.5) 45 (27.6) 321 (97.9) Not aware 19 (11.7) 18 (5.5) 118 (72.4) 7 (2.1)

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