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Table 2 Characteristics of PURE cohort, by country (ordered by 2006 GDP)

From: Wealth and cardiovascular health: a cross-sectional study of wealth-related inequalities in the awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in high-, middle- and low-income countries

2006 World Bank country income group

 

Participants

Country

No. of Communities

Number

No. Rural (%)

No. Women (%)

Mean Age in years (SD)

High income

Canada

77

10412

2527

(24.3)

5588

(53.7)

53.4

(9.2)

Sweden

24

4150

902

(21.7)

2192

(52.8)

52.7

(9.0)

UAE

3

918

429

(46.7)

653

(71.1)

49.2

(10.2)

Saudi Arabia

18

1729

186

(10.8)

734

(42.5)

46.5

(9.0)

Upper-middle income

Argentina

21

7497

3897

(52.0)

4607

(61.5)

51.1

(9.9)

Brazil

14

5581

1302

(23.3)

3086

(55.3)

52.2

(9.4)

Chile

5

3270

694

(21.2)

2158

(66.0)

51.9

(9.9)

Malaysia

36

11825

7024

(59.4)

6736

(57.0)

51.3

(9.8)

Poland

4

2029

825

(40.7)

1274

(62.8)

54.6

(9.8)

South Africa

11

3252

1766

(54.3)

2213

(68.1)

49.9

(10.3)

Turkey

38

4060

1426

(35.1)

2459

(60.6)

50.0

(9.1)

Lower-middle income

China

110

46751

23558

(50.4)

27318

(58.4)

51.0

(10.0)

Philippines

2

1671

630

(37.7)

1125

(67.3)

51.8

(9.7)

Colombia

60

7506

4036

(53.8)

4819

(64.2)

50.7

(9.8)

Iran

20

6013

2982

(49.6)

3137

(52.2)

48.5

(9.2)

OPT

39

1563

663

(42.4)

780

(49.9)

49.3

(10.0)

Low income

Bangladesh

56

2747

1437

(52.3)

1504

(54.8)

46.0

(9.4)

India

97

27458

14300

(52.1)

15507

(56.5)

48.7

(10.5)

Pakistan

4

1294

373

(28.8)

674

(52.1)

47.4

(8.7)

Zimbabwe

3

822

568

(69.1)

590

(71.8)

52.4

(10.1)

Tanzania

19

1071

420

(39.2)

833

(77.8)

49.9

(11.3)

 

Total

661

151619

69945

(46.1)

87987

(58.0)

50.6

(10.0)

  1. OPT occupied Palestinian territory, UAE United Arab Emirates, SD standard deviation, GDP gross domestic product