Table 4.

Known groups’ validity considering awareness of patients about their blood pressure value and having a previous history of hypertension crisis

		Adherence level according to (MMAS score)
		Low (< 6) (N= 108)	Moderate (6 to < 8) (N= 62)	High (=8) (N= 30)	P value
Correct self-awareness of BP	Yes	30 (48.4%)	20 (32.3%)	12 (19.4%)	0.426
	No	78 (56.5%)	42 (30.4%)	18 (13.0%)
Self-awareness of BP (correct and incorrect)	No	41 (53.9%)	25 (32.9%)	10 (13.2%)	0.811
	Yes	67 (54.0%)	37 (29.8%)	20 (16.1%)
Hypertensive crisis	No	59 (44.0%)	48 (35.8%)	27 (20.1%)	< 0.001
	Yes	49 (74.2%)	14 (21.2%)	3 (4.5%)