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Table 3 Description of the 1026 hypertensive patients questioned for the study according to their medication adherence

From: Home blood pressure monitoring and adherence in patients with hypertension on primary prevention treatment: a survey of 1026 patients in general medicine in the Auvergne region

 

Good adherence

Minor non-adherence

Non-adherence

p

Patients

Age (years)

64.3 ± 9.6

61.6 ± 10.6

62.1 ± 13.6

 < 0.001

Sex

  Male (n = 438)

197 (45.0)

218 (49.8)

23 (5.2)

0.006

  Female (n = 588)

324 (55.1)

237 (40.3)

27 (4.6)

 

Education level

  Secondary School (n = 575)

306 (53.2)

239 (41.6)

30 (5.2)

 

  High school (n = 246)

123 (50.0)

116 (47.2)

7 (2.8)

0.01

  Post-graduate (n = 173)

70 (40.5)

90 (52.0)

13 (7.5)

 

Occupation

  Farmers (n = 23)

14 (60.9)

9 (39.1)

0 (0.0)

 

  Artisans and business people (n = 54)

16 (29.6)

32 (59.3)

6 (11.1)

 

  Managers and higher professions (n = 49)

23 (46.9)

21 (42.9)

5 (10.2)

 

  Intermediate professions (n = 91)

38 (41.8)

49 (53.8)

4 (4.4)

0.02

  Employees (n = 188)

98 (52.1)

81 (43.1)

9 (4.8)

 

  Workers (n = 52)

24 (46.2)

26 (50.0)

2 (3.8)

 

  Retired (n = 460)

259 (56.3)

182 (39.6)

19 (4.1)

 

  No activity (n = 43)

24 (55.8)

17 (39.5)

2 (4.7)

 

Smoker

  No (n = 884)

466 (52.7)

385 (43.6)

33 (3.7)

 < 0.001

  Yes (n = 139)

53 (38.1)

69 (49.7)

17 (12.2)

 

Duration of hypertension

  < 5 years (n = 293)

137 (46.8)

138 (47.1)

18 (6.1)

 

  5 to 10 years (n = 282)

142 (50.4)

125 (44.3)

15 (5.3)

0.19

  > 10 years (n = 424)

230 (54.2)

180 (42.5)

14 (3.3)

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.7 ± 5.0

27.9 ± 5.4

27.0 ± 5.0

0.44

SBP (mmHg)

135 ± 13

134 ± 12

142 ± 19

 < 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

76 ± 9

77 ± 9

82 ± 12

 < 0.001

Anti-hypertensive medications

  1 (n = 704)

372 (52.8)

305 (43.3)

27 (3.9)

 

  2 (n = 256)

127 (49.6)

113 (44.1)

16 (6.3)

0.007

  ≥ 3 (n = 66)

22 (33.3)

37 (56.1)

7 (10.6)

 

General practitioners

Age (years)

51.0 ± 10.6

51.7 ± 10.3

49.8 ± 11.1

0.34

Sex

  Female (n = 381)

190 (49.9)

170 (44.6)

21 (5.5)

0.74

  Male (n = 645)

331 (51.3)

285 (44.2)

29 (4.5)

 

Clinical tutor

  No (n = 614)

301 (49.0)

283 (46.1)

30 (4.9)

0.37

  Yes (n = 412)

220 (53.4)

172 (41.7)

20 (4.9)

 

Practice

  Group (n = 771)

388 (50.3)

343 (44.5)

40 (5.2)

0.68

  Alone (n = 255)

133 (52.2)

112 (43.9)

10 (3.9)

 

Locationa

  Rural (n = 360)

187 (51.9)

153 (42.5)

20 (5.6)

0.58

  Urban (n = 666)

334 (50.2)

302 (45.3)

30 (4.5)

 
  1. Data are presented as frequencies (row percentages) or as mean ± standard deviation
  2. DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SBP Systolic blood pressure
  3. aUrban location: more than 2500 inhabitants; rural location: less than 2500 inhabitants