Table 3.
Distribution of study population characteristics by adherence (N = 357).
| Population Characteristics | Nonadherent | Adherent | P value |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
|
| |||
| Gender | 0.623 | ||
| Male | 104 (68.4) | 48 (31.6) | |
| Female | 134 (65.4) | 71 (34.6) | |
| Study Site | <0.001 | ||
| Korle-Bu | 87 (72.5) | 33 (27.5) | |
| Port Harcourt | 70 (95.9) | 3 (4.1) | |
| Lagos | 42 (53.2) | 37 (46.8) | |
| Ibadan | 39 (45.9) | 46 (54.1) | |
| Age | 54.4 ± 13.2 years | 60.9 ± 12.1 years | 0.000 |
| Educational status | 0.006 | ||
| None | 31 (47.7) | 34 (52.3) | |
| Primary | 48 (73.8) | 17 (26.2) | |
| Junior | 42 (76.4) | 13 (23.6) | |
| Secondary | 47 (71.2) | 19 (28.8) | |
| Tertiary | 70 (60.6) | 36 (34.0) | |
| Formal education | 0.001 | ||
| Yes | 207 (70.9) | 85 (29.1) | |
| No | 31 (47.7) | 34 (52.3) | |
| Marital status | 0.967 | ||
| Married | 172 (66.9) | 85 (33.1) | |
| Not married | 66 (66) | 34 (34) | |
| Children | 0.04 | ||
| Yes | 217 (65.2) | 116 (34.8) | |
| No | 21 (87.5) | 3 (12.5) | |
| Occupation | 0.317 | ||
| Employed | 176 (68.5) | 81 (38.5) | |
| Unemployed | 59 (62.1) | 36 (37.9) | |
| Cost of drug ($) | 0.1 | ||
| <10 | 58 (73.4) | 21 (26.6) | |
| 11–30 | 87 (65.9) | 45 (34.1) | |
| 31–50 | 36 (67.9) | 17 (32.1) | |
| 51–100 | 27 (69.2) | 12 (30.8) | |
| >100 | 14 (45.2) | 17 (50.8) | |
| Insurance | 0.032 | ||
| Yes | 114 (73.1) | 42 (26.9) | |
| No | 124 (61.7) | 77 (38.3) | |
| Use of herbal medication | 0.014 | ||
| Herbal med. | 50 (80.6) | 12 (19.4) | |
| No herbal med. | 186 (63.5) | 107 (36.5) | |
| Hypertension | 0.006 | ||
| Control | 72 (56.7) | 55 (43.3) | |
| Uncontrolled | 163 (71.8) | 64 (21.2) | |
| Comorbidities | 0.874 | ||
| No comorbidity | 132 (69.8) | 57 (30.2) | |
| DM or renal comorbidities | 62 (62.6) | 37 (37.4) | |
| Other comorbidities | 38 (69.8) | 23 (30.2) | |
DM: diabetes mellitus.