Table 3.

Average hypertension knowledge score (standard deviation, SD) out of the maximum 100.

	Hypertensives (N = 665)	Non-hypertensives (N = 854)	p-value
	Score (SD)	Score (SD)
Overall	25.58 (17.78)	20.02 (17.40)	<0.001
Sex
Male	25.61 (18.05)	20.94 (17.72)	<0.001
Female	25.56 (17.63)	19.35 (17.15)	<0.001
Age			<0.001
30–49 years	25.94 (17.08)	20.80 (16.38)	<0.001
50–64 years	26.93 (17.63)	20.61 (18.23)	<0.001
≥65	22.52 (18.18)	16.20 (17.24)	<0.001
Education			<0.001
Illiteracy	20.69 (17.43)	14.23 (15.70)	<0.001
Elementary schooling or more	27.11 (17.63)	21.32 (17.51)	<0.001
Marital status			<0.001
Married	26.19 (17.54)	20.49 (17.22)	<0.001
Others	21.89 (18.87)	15.61 (18.53)	<0.001