Table 2. Association of hypertension status with sociodemographic characteristics of the study population .
*BP: Blood pressure; BMI: Body Mass Index
*SBP > 130 or DBP > 80 was considered as uncontrolled BP;
*Chi-square was applied; p value<0.05 was considered significant.
| Variables | Sub-category | HTN status | P-value | |
| Controlled (n=73) | Uncontrolled (n=127) | |||
| Gender | Male | 46(63.01) | 78(61.4) | 0.823 |
| Female | 27(36.9) | 49(38.58) | ||
| Smoking Status | Smoker | 34(46.57) | 51(40.15) | 0.377 |
| Non-smoker | 39(53.42) | 76(59.84) | ||
| BMI Index | Underweight | 5(6.84) | 0(0) | 0.023 |
| Normal | 42(57.53) | 77(60.62) | ||
| Over weight | 26(35.61) | 50(39.37) | ||
| Other Chronic Illnesses | Diabetes | 37(50.68) | 85(66.92) | 0.023 |
| High cholesterol | 58(79.45) | 96(75.59) | 0.532 | |
| Stroke | 6(8.21) | 10(7.87) | 0.894 | |
| Kidney failure | 10(13.69) | 16(12.59) | 0.824 | |
| Visual problem | 41(56.16) | 99(77.95) | 0.001 | |
| Heart attack/failure | 60(82.19) | 109(85.82) | 0.874 | |
| Life style | Sedentary | 51(69.86) | 92(72.44) | 0.697 |
| Active | 22(30.13) | 35(27.55) | ||