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. 2015 Jan 29;63(3):238–246. doi: 10.7727/wimj.2013.302

Table 3. Explanatory model responses.

Quantitative domains All
n = 197
DRH
n = 97
TTCIH
n = 50
UHWI
n = 50
p-value
cHTN is a disease, n (%) 41 (20.8) 19 (19.6) 14 (28) 8 (16) 0.307
Know when BP is elevated, n (%) 166 (84.2) 81 (83.5) 46 (92) 39 (78) 0.151
BP can be elevated without symptoms, n (%) 112 (56.8) 63 (65) 18 (36) 31 (62) 0.002
Have high BP all the time, n (%) 68 (34.5) 39 (40.2) 10 (20) 19 (38) 0.042
cHTN is curable, n (%) 82 (41.6) 43 (44.3) 18 (36) 21 (42) 0.623

DRH = Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America; TTCIH = Tanzanian Training Center for International Health, Ifakara, Tanzania; UHWI = University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica; BP = blood pressure; cHTN = chronic hypertension