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. 2014 Jan;10(1):25–31.

Table 1.

Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and risk factors in individuals with controlled and uncontrolled Hypertension (HTN)

Variable Controlled Uncontrolled P
Gender* 43 (37.7) 71 (62.3) 0.288
 Male 18 (41.9) 37 (52.1)
 Female 25 (58.1) 34 (47.9)
Education (year)*
 0-5 26 (60.5) 38 (53.5) 0.556
 5-12 11 (25.6) 25 (35.2)
 > 12 6 (14.0) 8 (11.3)
Marital status*
 Single 5 (11.6) 11 (15.5) 0.565
 Married 38 (88.4) 60 (84.5)
Household’s monthly income (Iran Rial)*
 < 300,000 IRR 7 (16.7) 16 (22.9) 0.749
 300,00_ 500,000 IRR 19 (45.2) 26 (37.1)
 500,00_ 800,000 IRR 9 (21.4) 18 (25.7)
 > 800,000 IRR 7 (16.7) 10 (14.3)
Insurance coverage* 34 (79.1) 61 (85.9) 0.342
History of diabetes* 15 (34.9) 27 (38.0) 0.736
History of hyperlipidemia* 22 (51.2) 43 (60.6) 0.326
History of heart attack* 3 (7.0) 4 (5.6) 1.000
History of stroke* 0 (0) 6 (8.5) 0.082
Age (year)** 60.63 ± 12.10 60.75 ± 9.88 0.955
Night sleep (hour)** 5.36 ± 2.91 5.09 ± 3.22 0.718
Body mass index(kg/m2)** 28.44 ± 4.10 30.05 ± 4.63 0.063
Waist/hip ratio (mean ± SD)** 0.91 ± 0.09 0.94 ± 0.06 0.064
*

N (%);

**

Values are n (%) or mean ± SD