Table 1 Self-reported participant characteristics
All participants (n = 1556) | Can you tell your BP levels? | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (n = 645) | No (n = 911) | |||
Mean age, years (sd) | 66.5 (12.1) | 65.7 (12.5) | 67.2 (11.7) | 0.014 |
Female sex, n (%) | 1153 (74.4) | 481 (74.7) | 672 (74.3) | 0.847 |
Mean body mass index, Kg/m2 (sd) | 27.0 (5.5) | 27.1 (5.4) | 27.0 (5.8) | 0.749 |
Low socio-economic strataab, n (%) | 791 (64.0) | 315 (57.2) | 476 (69.5) | < 0.001 |
Up to 5 years of schoolb, n (%) | 780 (63.1) | 318 (57.0) | 462 (68.1) | < 0.001 |
Receiving care at public institutions, n (%) | 1219 (78.3) | 557 (86.4) | 662 (72.7) | < 0.001 |
History of, n (%) | ||||
Dyslipidemia | 441 (28.3) | 172 (26.7) | 269 (29.5) | 0.217 |
Diabetes mellitus | 284 (18.3) | 125 (19.4) | 159 (17.5) | 0.332 |
Chronic kidney disease | 189 (12.2) | 80 (12.4) | 109 (12.0) | 0.794 |
Acute coronary syndrome | 125 (8.0) | 48 (7.4) | 77 (8.5) | 0.470 |
COPD | 106 (6.8) | 37 (5.7) | 69 (7.6) | 0.156 |
Stroke | 44 (2.8) | 21 (3.3) | 23 (2.5) | 0.391 |
Access to, n (%) | ||||
Cell phone | 1503 (96.6) | 637 (98.8) | 866 (95.1) | < 0.001 |
WhatsApp messages | 991 (63.7) | 434 (67.3) | 557 (61.1) | 0.013 |
667 (42.9) | 258 (40.0) | 409 (44.9) | 0.055 | |
Internet at home | 323 (20.1) | 174 (27.0) | 149 (16.4) | < 0.001 |