TABLE 3.

Characteristics of diagnosed hypertensive adults by country.

Characteristic	Philippines	Malaysia	p‐value a
Sample size of aware hypertensive adults (N)	434	455
% female	73.9	72.6	0.740
Mean age (years)	55.8	59.5	<0.001
% with post‐secondary education	64.2	46.2	<0.001
% married or cohabitating	72.1	72.8	0.791
% currently employed	44.4	22.1	<0.001
Mean number of years since hypertension diagnosis	5.8	8.1	<0.001
% with self‐reported NCD comorbidities	29.3	53.6	<0.001
Median monthly household income (local currency units) b	11600	1500	n/a
Mean household size	4.5	3.8	0.030
% self‐reporting knowing someone to borrow money from in time of need	86.0	46.5	0.005
% with good knowledge of hypertension	39.9	56.5	<0.001
% believing in the effectiveness of modern medicine for hypertension treatment	88.3	82.3	0.020
% believing in the effectiveness of traditional and complementary medicine for hypertension treatment	55.2	21.7	<0.001

^a Wald test for a difference in proportions/means (weighted for sampling probability and adjusted for community‐level clustering).

^b N is lower for this indicator due to refusals and ‘don't know' responses.