Table 1.

Patient Characteristics (N=442)

Characteristic	No. (%)	Mean (Standard Deviation)
Age, y		56.57 (12.18)
Sex
Male	131 (29.6)	–
Female	311 (70.4)	–
Education
<High school	109 (24.7)	–
High school	141 (31.9)	–
Yearly income, $
<10,000	194 (43)	–
10,000–20,000	101 (23)	–
>20,000	147 (33)	–
Unemployed	278 (62.9)	–
Insurance
Yes	91.9	–
No	8.1	–
Medication adherence
Nonadherent	278 (62.9)	–
Adherent	164 (37.1)	–
Patients' self‐report measures
Adherence score		3.67 (1.39)
Hypertension knowledge		0.884 (0.102)
Social support		3.79 (1.39)
Outcome expectation		14.4 (3.43)