Table 2.
Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients and clinicians.
| Characteristics | Overall (n = 151) |
Hypertensive (n = 88, 58.3%) |
Non-Hypertensive (n = 63, 41.7%) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients (n = 151) | ||||
| Sex, n (%) | 0.010 | |||
| Male | 75 (49.7) | 52 (59.1%) | 23 (36.5%) | |
| Female | 76 (50.3) | 36 (40.9%) | 40 (63.5%) | |
| Age (years) | 44.4 ± 11.1 | 46.0 ± 10.2 | 42.1 ± 12.2 | 0.098 |
| Education, n (%) | 0.472 | |||
| No formal | 1 (0.6) | 1 (1.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Primary | 26 (17.2) | 14 (15.9) | 12 (19.1) | |
| Secondary | 62 (41.1) | 40 (45.5) | 22 (34.9) | |
| Tertiary | 62(41.1) | 33 (37.5) | 29 (46.0) | |
| Marital Status, n (%) | 0.072 | |||
| Divorced | 3 (2.0) | 2 (2.3) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Married | 119 (78.8) | 75 (85.2) | 44 (69.8) | |
| Single | 18 (11.9) | 6 (6.8) | 12 (19.0) | |
| Widowed | 11 (7.3) | 5 (5.7) | 6 (9.5) | |
| Employment, n (%) | 0.057 | |||
| Employed | 25 (16.6) | 14 (15.9) | 11 (17.5) | |
| Homemaker | 1 (0.6) | 0 (0) | 1 (1.6) | |
| Retired | 9 (6.0) | 7 (8.0) | 2 (3.2) | |
| Self-employed | 103 (68.2) | 63 (71.6) | 40 (63.5) | |
| Student | 8 (5.3) | 1(0.6) | 7 (11.1) | |
| Unemployed | 5 (3.3) | 3 (3.4) | 2 (3.2) | |
| Family history of HTN, n (%) | 34 (22.5) | 26 (29.5) | 8 (12.7) | |
| Physical activity level, n (%) | 0.542 | |||
| Active | 23 (15.2) | 12 (13.6) | 11 (17.5) | |
| Moderately active | 15 (9.9) | 7 (8.0) | 8 (12.7) | |
| Moderately inactive | 41 (27.2) | 27 (30.7) | 14 (22.2) | |
| Inactive | 72 (47.7) | 42 (47.7) | 30 (47.6) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.0 ± 6.2 | 29.1 ± 6.3 | 29.1 ± 5.7 | 0.934 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 95.4 ± 14.5 | 95.49 ± 14.6 | 96.0 ± 14.2 | 0.740 |
| Blood pressure (mmHg) | ||||
| Systolic blood pressure | 142.5 ± 24.2 | 159.4 ± 15.7 | 119.0 ± 10.0 | <0.001 |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 98.0 ± 71.5 | 113.0 ± 9.8 | 77.1 ± 7.2 | <0.001 |
| Mean arterial pressur | 127.7 ± 32.3 | 143.9 ± 33.3 | 105.0 ± 8.0 | <0.001 |
| NiDST completion time (minutes) | 5.5 ± 1.7 | 5.5 ± 1.6 | 5.5 ± 1.7 | 0.905 |
| NiDST consultation time (minutes) | 9.6 ± 1.5 | 9.6 ± 1.5 | 9.6 ± 1.5 | 0.920 |
| Clinicians (n = 20) | ||||
| Overall | Men (n = 6) | Women (n = 14) | p-value | |
| Age (years) | 42.6 ± 6.0 | 43.2 ± 6.0 | 42.3 ± 6.2 | 0.771 |
| Years of experience | 13.0 ± 4.7 | 11.2 ± 2.0 | 13.7 ± 5.4 | 0.279 |
| Specialty | <0.001 | |||
| Internal Medicine n (%) | 9 (45) | 5 (25) | 4 (20) | |
| Family Medicine n (%) | 11 (55) | 1 (5)) | 10 (50) | |
HTN: hypertension; NiDST: Nigerian diet screening tool.