Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of hypertensive patients in the case and control groups

Variable		Group		p-value
		Experiment (n=68)	Control (n=70)
Sex	Male	19 (27.9%)	15 (21.4%)	0.3
	Female	49 (72.1%)	55 (78.6%)
Education	Primary School	49 (72.1%)	57 (81.4%)	0.1
	Mid School	18 (26.5%)	10 (14.3%)
	High School	1 (1.5%)	3 (4.3%)
Medication use	Regularly (on time)	42 (61.58%)	38 (54.3%)	0.4
	Irregularly	26 (38.2%)	31 (44.3%)
	No consumption	0	1 (1.4%)
Age (year); Mean ± SD		49.6±6.7	50.9±6.1	0.23
Systolic BP (mmhg); Mean ± SD		145.1±9	146.2±9.6	0.47
Disease duration (year); Mean ± SD		5.6±3.9	5.9±3.6	0.6