Undiagnosed hypertension in Peru: analysis of associated factors and socioeconomic inequalities, 2019.

Objective: To determine the factors associated and measure the socioeconomic inequalities in people with undiagnosed hypertension in Peru.

Materials And Methods: An observational, cross-sectional, analytical study was performed using data from the 2019 Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES, acronym in Spanish) database. The dependent variable was the presence of undiagnosed hypertension (mean systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or mean diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg in the two blood pressure measurements and with no prior diagnosis of hypertension by a health care professional).