Table 4 Habits, lifestyle, comorbidities, and anthropometric data of adherents and nonadherent hypertensive people to antihypertensive drug treatment, during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 281)

Smoking

 Yes

13 (7.9)

9 (7.8)

22 (7.8)

0.510^a

 No

99 (60.0)

77 (66.4)

176 (62.6)

 Ex-smoker

53 (32.1)

30 (25.9)

83 (29.5)

Alcoholic beverage use

 Yes

32 (19.4)

24 (20.7)

56 (19.9)

0.543^a

 No

102 (61.8)

76 (65.5)

178 (63.3)

 Stopped

31 (18.8)

16 (13.8)

47 (16.7)

Type of alcoholic beverage

 Beer

21 (65.6)

19 (79.2)

40 (71.4)

0.287^b

 Wine

8 (25.0)

2 (8.3)

10 (17.9)

 Distillates (whiskey, brandy, vodka, liquor, cachaça)

3 (9.4)

3 (12.5)

6 (10.7)

Amount of alcoholic beverage intake (dose)

3.0 ± 3.0

4.0 ± 2.0

3.0 ± 3.0

0.143^c

Intake ≥ 5 servings for men and ≥ 4 servings for women

10 (31.3)

9 (37.5)

19 (33.9)

0.625^a

Physical activity

 Sedentary

95 (57.6)

70 (60.3)

165 (58.7)

0.433^a

 Stopped after the start of the pandemic

51 (30.9)

38 (32.8)

89 (31.7)

 Active

19 (11.5)

8 (6.9)

27 (9.6)

Body mass index (kg/m²)

29.6 ± 5.6

29.8 ± 5.4

29.7 ± 5.5

0.732^c

Nutritional status

 Eutrophic

33 (20.5)

22 (19.1)

55 (19.9)

0.581^a

 Overweight

61 (37.9)

38 (33.0)

99 (35.9)

 Obesity

67 (41.6)

55 (47.8)

122 (44.2)

Personal background

 Secondary hypertension

12 (7.3)

8 (6.9)

20 (7.1)

0.904^a

 Resistant hypertension

42 (25.5)

31 (26.7)

73 (26.0)

0.811^a

 Coronary insufficiency

17 (10.3)

4 (3.4)

21 (7.6)

0.031^a

 Dyslipidemia

92 (55.8)

61 (52.6)

153 (54.4)

0.599^a

 Diabetes mellitus

77 (46.7)

42 (36.2)

119 (42.3)

0.081^a

 Chronic kidney disease

54 (32.7)

28 (24.1)

82 (29.2)

0.119^a

 Stroke

15 (9.1)

12 (10.3)

27 (9.6)

0.725^a

 Left ventricular hypertrophy

29 (17.6)

14 (12.1)

43 (15.3)

0.207^a

SBP (mmHg)

139.2 ± 22.1

137.6 ± 23.7

138.5 ± 22.7

0.558^c

DBP (mmHg)

75.8 ± 14.1

79.4 ± 14.6

77.3 ± 14.4

0.040^c

Control (SBP < 140 and DBP < 90)

 Yes

81 (50.3)

61 (53.5)

142 (51.6)

0.601^c

 No

80 (49.7)

53 (46.5)

133 (48.4)