title: Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes mellitus in an Iranian population: the IHHP study.
abstract: We used data from the baseline survey from the Isfahan Healthy Heart Programme to determine the prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes among a representative samples of 12,514 adults living in 3 cities in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The prevalence of hypertension, dyslipidaemia and diabetes was 17.3%, 66.3% and 5.6% respectively. Awareness, treatment and control of hypertension were 40.3%, 35.3%, and 9.1% respectively. The rates for dyslipidaemia were 14.4%, 7.1% and 6.5% respectively, and 54.6% of diabetics were aware of their disease and 46.2% were under treatment.
authors.affiliation: lsfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shirani
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kelishadi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sarrafzadegan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khosravi
authors.forename: Gh
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sadri
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heidari
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ramezani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001294:Attitude to Health; D001364:Awareness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D050171:Dyslipidemias / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D014504:Urban Health / Q000706:statistics & numerical data