Table 2:

Patient and health care related factors and pharmaceutical characteristics of the study stratified by blood pressure (BP) goal attainment as per the 7th Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention Detection Evaluation & Treatment of High Blood Pressure recommendations

	Blood pressure Goal as per JNC7		PValue
	No (n = 251 (61.1%)	Yes (n = 160 (38.9%)
Level of Antihypertensive Therapy
Mono therapy	51 (20%)	49 (30%)	0.043
Dual therapy	113 (45%)	80 (50%)
Triple therapy	61 (24%)	35 (22%)
More than three medications	10 (4%)	8 (5%)