Clinical impact of guideline-based practice and patients’ adherence in uncontrolled hypertension

Clinical Hypertension

Table 3 Multivariable analysis for blood pressure control according to GBP and adherence status (n = 457)

GBP and adherence status	Odds ratio^a	95% CI	P-value
Non-GBP (n = 178)	Ref.	Ref.
GBP and adherence (n = 140)	2.65	1.58–4.42	< 0.001
GBP and non-adherence (n = 139)	1.67	1.02–2.76	0.043

GBP guideline-based practice, CI confidence interval
^aAdjusted factors included age, sex, and other variables, body mass index, education, dyslipidaemia diagnosis, asymptomatic organ damage, and underlying disease related to hypertension, which were found to be significant at P < 0.1 from univariate analysis

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