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Table 3 Sociodemographic and characteristic of patients according to their blood pressure control (= 264)

From: Association of adherence measured by self-reported pill count with achieved blood pressure level in hypertension patients: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Controlled

(n = 108)

Uncontrolled

(n = 156)

P-value

Age (yr)

  

0.005

20–40

3 (15.79)

16 (84.21)

 

41–60

49 (36.30)

86 (63.70)

 

>60

56 (50.91)

54 (49.09)

 

Sex

  

0.302

Female

84 (76.36)

110 (23.64)

 

Male

24 (34.28)

46 (65.72)

 

Comorbidity

  

0.612

No

62 (40.26)

92 (59.74)

 

Yes

46 (41.82)

64 (58.18)

 

Type of therapy (antihypertension drug)

   

Monotherapy

101 (41.74)

141 (58.26)

0.365

Combination

7 (30.43)

16 (69.57)

 

Education level

  

0.099

Elementary school

26 (36.62)

47 (64.38)

 

Middle school

22 (59.46.)

15 (40.54)

 

High school

37 (38.95)

58 (61.05)

 

College

23 (38.99)

36 (61.02)

 

Medication adherence (pill count)

   

≥80%

98 (47.80)

107 (52.20)

0.000

<80%

10 (16.95)

49 (83.05)

 
  1. Data are presented as number (%)