Table 1.
Characteristics of study participants
| Type of institutions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinic (n = 362*) |
Hospital (n = 325*) |
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| Characteristic | n (%) | n (%) | p value |
| Age | |||
| Mean (SD) | 65.0 (10.2) | 65.0 (11.3) | 0.945 |
| Range | 30-91 | 28-95 | |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 164 (46.7) | 178 (56.7) | 0.010 |
| Female | 187 (53.3) | 136 (43.3) | |
| Education | |||
| <12 years | 55 (15.9) | 60 (19.4) | 0.165 |
| 12 years | 166 (48.1) | 123 (39.4) | |
| >12 years | 114 (33.0) | 119 (38.4) | |
| Did not answer | 10 (2.9) | 8 (2.6) | |
| Complications of hypertension | |||
| Retinal hemorrhage/detachment | 20 (6.4) | 33 (12.3) | 0.014 |
| Ischemic heart disease | 32 (10.4) | 58 (21.2) | <0.001 |
| Stroke | 16 (5.1) | 29 (10.8) | 0.011 |
| Impaired renal function | 23 (7.7) | 46 (17.6) | <0.001 |
| Any of the above | 49 (17.1) | 84 (34.7) | <0.001 |
* The numbers of each item do not sum up to the total because there were some missing or invalid data for each question.