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. 2019 Oct 15;11(10):e5917. doi: 10.7759/cureus.5917

Table 4. Patients’ practices and perception in relation to hypertension status.

*HTN: Hypertension; BP: Blood pressure

*Mann–Whitney U-test was applied keeping P-value <0.05 as statistically significant cutoff

Variables HTN Status Mean Rank P-value
Controlled Uncontrolled
Medication Intake Frequency 137.19 79.41 0.000
Follow up visit Frequency 99.58 101.03 0.857
BP monitoring Frequency 109.84 95.13 0.073
BP is mostly controlled 113.18 93.21 0.011
BP medication is necessary 137.84 79.04 0.000