Table 1. Socio-demographic and economic characteristics of hypertensive patients followed up at primary health care facilities, Meknes, Morocco, 2017.
| Quantitative variables | n = 922 | Uncontrolled BP | Controlled BP | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients’ total no. (%) | 922 (100) | 675 (73.2) | 247 (26.8) | ||
| Age in years±sd | 61.4±10.8 | 61.4±10.5 | 61.6±11.9 | 0.96 | |
| Qualitative variables no. (%) | |||||
| Age group in years | 0.03 | ||||
| ≥80 | 68 (7.4) | 42 (61.8) | 26 (38.2) | ||
| [70–79] | 159 (17.2) | 118 (74.2) | 41 (25,8) | ||
| [60–69] | 333 (36.1) | 256 (76.9) | 77 (23.1) | ||
| [50–59] | 255 (27.6) | 190 (74.5) | 65 (25.5) | ||
| [40–49] | 94 (10.2) | 62 (66.0) | 32 (34.0) | ||
| [30–39] | 13 (1.4) | 7 (53.8) | 6 (46.2) | 1 | |
| Sex | Male | 205 (22.2) | 160 (78.0) | 45 (22.0) | 0.07 |
| Female | 717 (77.8) | 515 (71.8) | 202 (28.2) | 1 | |
| Area of residence | |||||
| Urban | 781 (84.7) | 574 (73.5) | 207 (26.5) | 0.64 | |
| Rural | 141 (15.3) | 101 (71.6) | 40 (28.4) | 1 | |
| Marital status | 0.71 | ||||
| Widower | 253 (27.4) | 192 (75.9) | 61 (24.1) | ||
| Divorced | 58 (6.3) | 41 (70.7) | 17 (29.3) | ||
| Single | 26 (2.8) | 19 (73.1) | 7 (26.9) | ||
| Married | 585 (63.4) | 423 (72.3) | 162 (27.7) | 1 | |
| Education | 0.45 | ||||
| Illiterate | 677 (73.4) | 490 (72.4) | 187 (27.6) | ||
| Elementary | 159 (17.2) | 125 (78.6) | 34 (21.4) | ||
| Middle school | 41 (4.4) | 28 (68.3) | 13 (31.7) | ||
| High school | 34 (3.7) | 25 (73.5) | 9 (26.5) | ||
| College | 11 (1.2) | 7 (63.6) | 4 (36.4) | 1 | |
| Occupation | |||||
| No | 814 (88.3) | 605 (74.3) | 209 (25.7) | 0.04 | |
| Yes | 108 (11.7) | 70 (64.8) | 38 (35.2) | ||
| Monthly income per household ($) | 0.13 | ||||
| <150 | 728 (79.0) | 539 (74.0) | 189 (26.0) | ||
| [150–200[ | 96 (10.4) | 69 (71.9) | 27 (28.1) | ||
| [200–300[ | 57 (6.2) | 42 (73.7) | 15 (26.3) | ||
| [300–500[ | 17 (1.8) | 13 (76.5) | 4 (23.5) | ||
| ≥500 | 24 (2.6) | 12 (50.0) | 12 (50.0) | 1 | |
| Health insurance plan | 0.68 | ||||
| Without | 189 (20.5) | 140 (74.1) | 49 (25.9) | ||
| RAMED | 480 (52.0) | 344 (71.7) | 136 (28.3) | ||
| Other | 28 (3.0) | 22 (78.6) | 6 (21.4) | ||
| Mutual | 225 (24.4) | 169 (75.1) | 56 (24.9) | 1 | |
RAMED: Moroccan medical assistance plan, sd: standard deviation. For qualitative variables, the Pearson chi-2 test estimated the association between the dependent variable and the independent variables when the conditions were valid. For the quantitative variables, we used a comparison test of two means; p-value was considered significant when it was less than 0.05.