Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics of study sample (n=200)
| Parameter | |
|---|---|
| Age (mean (SD)) years | 59.7 (10.2) |
| Gender: male, n (%) | 79 (39.5) |
| Marital status, n (%) | |
| Single | 2 (1) |
| Married | 163 (81.5) |
| Widowed | 34 (17) |
| Divorced | 1 (0.5) |
| Education, n (%) | |
| Not educated | 27 (13.5) |
| Primary | 89 (44.5) |
| Secondary | 12 (6) |
| High school | 22 (11) |
| Control of hypertension, n (%) | |
| Controlled | 103 (51.5) |
| Uncontrolled | 97 (48.5) |
| Blood pressure (systolic/diastolic) mm Hg (mean (SD)) | |
| Controlled | 126/77 (9.7/6.3) |
| Uncontrolled | 150/88 (14.0/8.01) |
| Duration of hypertension (years) (mean (SD)) | |
| Controlled | 7.7 (6.2) |
| Uncontrolled | 9.1 (6.5) |
| Number of prescribed medications (mean (SD)) | |
| Controlled | 6.1 (2.5) |
| Uncontrolled | 6.8 (2.6) |