Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among diabetic and nondiabetic individuals in a multiethnic population in the Netherlands: the HELIUS study

Journal of Hypertension
Florence F FernaldCharles Agyemang

Abstract

There is a paucity of data on hypertension awareness, treatment and control among diabetic adults from different ethnic backgrounds. We assessed ethnic differences in prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among diabetic adults and how they are compared with individuals without diabetes. Baseline data from the Healthy Life in an Urban Setting study were used including 12 ,633 adults aged 18-70 years from six ethnic backgrounds in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Age-sex-adjusted prevalence ratios were used to explore ethnic differences. Among diabetic individuals, African-Surinamese (80.2%; 1.26, 95% confidence interval 1.06-1.51) and Ghanaians (81.7%; 1.40, 1.17-1.68) were more likely than Dutch (69.6%) to have hypertension. There were no significant ethnic differences in the rates of awareness and treatment, but blood pressure (BP) control rates among treated hypertensives were significantly lower in Ghanaians (41.7%; 0.66, 0.45-0.96) and African-Surinamese (28.7%; 0.53, 0.34-0.84) than Dutch (54.1%). Among nondiabetic adults, except Moroccans, all the ethnic minorities had higher prevalence rates of hypertension, awareness (except South-Asian Surinamese and Turks) and treatment than Dutch people. By contras...Continue Reading

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