Good adherence | Minor non-adherence | Non-adherence | p | |
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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) |