Table 2 Description of the 1026 hypertensive patient questioned for the study according to home blood pressure monitoring practice
Total (n = 1026) | HBPM − (n = 562) | HBPM + not using rule of 3 (n = 381) | HBPM + using rule of 3 (n = 83) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Patients | |||||
Age (years) | 63.0 ± 10.3 | 62.4 ± 10.4 | 63.2 ± 10.3 | 66.3 ± 9.6 | 0.006 cd |
Female sex | 588 (57.3) | 334 (59.4) | 211 (55.4) | 43 (51.8) | 0.27 |
Education level | n = 994 | n = 542 | n = 371 | n = 81 | |
Secondary School | 575 (57.8) | 332 (61.2) | 203 (54.7) | 40 (49.4) | |
High school | 246 (24.8) | 131 (24.2) | 92 (24.8) | 23 (28.4) | 0.07 |
Post-graduate | 173 (17.4) | 79 (14.6) | 76 (20.5) | 18 (22.2) | |
Occupation | n = 960 | n = 525 | n = 359 | n = 76 | |
Farmers | 23 (2.4) | 14 (2.7) | 9 (2.5) | 0 (0.0) | |
Artisans and business people | 54 (5.6) | 29 (5.5) | 21 (5.8) | 4 (5.3) | |
Managers and higher professions | 49 (5.1) | 26 (5.0) | 21 (5.8) | 2 (2.6) | |
Intermediate professions | 91 (9.5) | 51 (9.7) | 33 (9.2) | 7 (9.2) | 0.11 |
Employees | 188 (19.6) | 114 (21.7) | 69 (19.2) | 5 (6.6) | |
Workers | 52 (5.4) | 32 (6.1) | 16 (4.5) | 4 (5.3) | |
Retired | 460 (47.9) | 232 (44.2) | 178 (49.6) | 50 (65.8) | |
No activity | 43 (4.5) | 27 (5.1) | 12 (3.4) | 4 (5.3) | |
Smoker | 139/1023 (13.6) | 95/560 (17.0) | 41/381 (10.8) | 3/82 (3.7) | 0.001bcd |
Duration of hypertension | n = 999 | n = 548 | n = 370 | n = 81 | |
< 5 years | 293 (29.3) | 156 (28.5) | 112 (30.3) | 25 (30.9) | |
5 to 10 years | 282 (28.2) | 143 (26.1) | 117 (31.6) | 22 (27.1) | 0.24 |
> 10 years | 424 (42.5) | 249 (45.4) | 141 (38.1) | 34 (42.0) | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.8 ± 5.1 | 27.9 ± 5.2 | 27.8 ± 5.1 | 26.8 ± 4.5 | 0.21 |
SBP (mmHg) | 135 ± 13 | 133 ± 12 | 136 ± 13 | 140 ± 15 | < 0.001bcd |
DBP (mmHg) | 77 ± 9 | 76 ± 9 | 77 ± 9 | 79 ± 10 | 0.02c |
Anti-hypertensive medications | |||||
1 | 704 (68.6) | 390 (69.4) | 264 (69.3) | 50 (60.3) | |
2 | 256 (25.0) | 136 (24.2) | 94 (24.7) | 26 (31.3) | 0.55 |
≥ 3 | 66 (6.4) | 36 (6.4) | 23 (6.0) | 7 (8.4) | |
General practitioners | |||||
Age (years) | 51.3 ± 10.5 | 51.0 ± 10.4 | 51.4 ± 10.8 | 52.4 ± 9.6 | 0.50 |
Male sex | 645 (62.9) | 361 (64.2) | 228 (59.8) | 56 (67.5) | 0.26 |
Clinical tutor | 412 (40.2) | 213 (37.9) | 147 (38.6) | 52 (62.7) | < 0.001 cd |
Group practice | 771 (75.1) | 425 (75.6) | 279 (73.2) | 67 (80.7) | 0.33 |
Urban locationa | 666 (64.9) | 371 (66.0) | 257 (67.5) | 38 (45.8) | 0.001 cd |