Table 1.

Demographic and baseline clinical characteristics of the patients.

S. no.	Variable	Total subjects (n = 958) N (%)
1	Age, mean (SD)	57.06 (13.15)
2	Male	620 (64.7)
3	Body mass index (BMI), mean (SD)	24.09 (4.60)
4	Married	903 (94.3)
5	Literate	557 (58.1)
6	Socioeconomic class (I, II, III)	397 (41.4)
7	Socioeconomic class (IV, V)	561 (58.6)
8	Smoker	208 (21.7)
9	No. of drugs, mean (SD)	2.23 (0.88)
10	No. of years on drugs, mean (SD)	4.35 (2.7)
11	Low adherence	437 (45.6)
12	Knowledge of target BP	484 (50.5)
13	Knowledge of hypertension risks	510 (53.2)
14	Regular BP monitoring	617 (64.4)
15	Reported side effects	198 (20.7)
16	Co-morbid conditions
	Coronary artery disease	66 (6.9)
	Cerebrovascular disease	33 (3.4)
	Chronic kidney disease (CKD)	55 (5.7)
	Diabetes mellitus	167 (17.4)
	Metabolic syndrome	200 (20.88)