Study ID | Region | Study setting | Age (years) | Sample size | Altitude (m) | Prevalence of hypertension (%) | Social status | Awareness rate | Treatment rate | Control rate | Prevalence–age relationship | ||
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Overall | Men | Women | |||||||||||
Sherpa33* | Tibetan Autonomous | Rural | 30–80 | 766 | 3700 | 32.5 | 32.8 | 32.2 | Farmers and herdsmen | 69.4% | 59.1% | 19.5% | Not reported |
Zhao34 | Tibetan Autonomous | Rural/urban | ≥40 | 702 | 4300 | 55.9 | 66.1 | 48.3 | Herdsmen | 19.9% | 2.6% | 0.3% | Sig ↑in prevalence with ↑d age, p=0.01 |
Zheng35* | Tibetan Autonomous | Rural/urban | ≥18 | 1416 | 3650 | 51.2 | 56 | 48 | Not reported | 63.5% | 24.3% | 31.8% | Sig ↑in prevalence with ↑d age, p=0.001 |
Deji36*† | Tibetan Autonomous | Urban | 30–70 | 571 | 3650 | 40.2 | 36.6 | 40.9 | Urban residents and professionals | 70% | 38.1% | 2.4% | Sig ↑in prevalence with ↑d age, p=0.001 |
Lei37† | Tibetan area, Sichuan | Urban | 21–72 | 284 | 4000 | 32.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | 26.9% | 9.7% | 4.3% | Sig ↑in prevalence with ↑d age, p=0.05 |
Zhang38† | Tibetan area, Sichuan | Rural/urban | 18–90 | 5049 | 3500 | 22.9 | 25.4 | 20.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Sig ↑in prevalence with ↑d age, p=0.01 |
Liu11 | Tibetan Autonomous | Urban | 48–56 | 125 | 3760 | 39.75 | 29 | 51 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
Li39*† | Tibetan area, Gansu | Rural/urban | ≥18 | 8000 | 3000 | 24.6 | 25 | 23 | Not reported | 30.4% | 20.7% | 5.5% | Not reported |
*Study conducted in Lhasa with different altitudes; data excluded from statistical analysis.
†Article written in Chinese.