that met the study criteria were approached, however,
12 men refused to participate because they were busy
and felt that participation would be inconvenient. As
a result there were 360 participants with 73% being
women. Approximately 67% were aged 60 years and
older with a mean age of 63.5 + 9.9 years. The most
frequent participant occupations were employee
(56%) and agriculturist (30%). The duration of
hypertension was from 6 months to 37 years, with a mean
of 6.9 + 5.8 years. Seventy-seven percent of the
participants had co-morbidities. Hyperlipidemia was
the most common co-morbidity (62%), followed by
diabetes mellitus (DM) (36%) (Table 2).
Prevalence of albuminuria: The prevalence of
albuminuria was 27.5%. Microalbuminuria (UACR
30-300 mg/g) was found in 27.5% of the participants
while 3.9% had macroalbuminuria (UACR > 300 mg/g)
(Table 2).
Prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure:
Among the 360 participants that agreed to participate
in the study, 52.2 % had uncontrolled blood pressure
(Table 2).
Table 2 Demographic and disease characteristic of the sample (n=360)