Table 1.
Co-morbidities in all adults, in those with and without resistant hypertension
|
Co-morbid disease |
Number of patients with hypertension (%) |
p value* |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
All |
Resistant |
Non resistant |
|
| (n = 277) | (n = 53) | (n = 224) | ||
| DM |
118 (42.6%) |
37 (69.9%) |
81 (36.1%) |
< 0.001 |
| IHD |
214 (77.3%) |
48 (90.6%) |
161 (71.9%) |
< 0.01 |
| Hyperlipideamia |
144 (52%) |
26 (49.1%) |
118 (52.7%) |
NS |
| CKD | 9 (3.2%) | 3 (5.7%) | 6 (2.7%) | NS |
CKD Chronic Kidney Disease, DM Diabetes Mellitus, IHD Ischaemic Heart Disease, NS Not Significant; *, p values for ‘Resistant’ Vs. ‘Non-resistant’ groups.