Table 1 The characteristics of hypertensive patients who were and were not aware of their hypertension status.

	Not aware (n=1213)		Aware (n=1364)		P-value	Total (n=2577)
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	P-value	%	95% CI
Sex
Males	56.10	53.64–58.55	40.91	37.03–44.79	<0.0001	50.16	46.21–54.11
Females	43.90	41.44–46.35	59.09	55.21–62.96	<0.0001	49.83	45.88–53.78
Age (year)
25–34	46.31	43.54–49.06	28.98	23.81–34.15	<0.0001	39.54	36.41–42.67
35–44	28.97	27.11–30.81	22.60	19.77–25.42		26.48	23.23–29.73
45–54	16.00	14.74–17.25	23.94	21.65–26.23		19.10	16.50–21.71
55–65	8.73	6.88–9.15	24.47	21.99–26.04		14.88	11.21–18.55
Residence
Urban	72.96	70.66–75.26	75.75	72.15–79.33	0.350	74.05	72.01–76.09
Rural	27.04	24.73–29.33	24.25	20.66–27.84	0.350	25.95	22.91–22.50
Education
Lower than diploma	58.88	54.34–63.41	70.59	64.80–76.38	<0.0001	63.45	59.15–67.75
Diploma	23.63	19.60–27.66	18.78	14.96–22.58		21.74	18.62–24.85
Higher than diploma	17.49	13.61–21.35	10.63	7.26–13.99		14.81	11.90–17.71
Antihypertensive medication use
	—	—	74.51	73.13–76.78		47.85	42.11–53.58
	Mean	95% CI	Mean	95% CI		Mean	95% CI
Systolic blood pressure, (mm Hg)	139.08	137.03–141.13	136.40	134.35–138.46	0.007	138.03	136.17–139.91
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	92.53	91.52–93.54	85.01	83.66–86.35	<0.0001	89.59	88.51–90.66

CI; confidence interval. Values are reported as weighted percentage and weighted mean (data were weighted based on the 2012 national Iranian population aged ≥25 and ≤65 years old).

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