Table 1. Patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics as per the MMAS category.

MMAS = Morisky medication adherence scale; S.D. = standard deviation

	MMAS category (score range)			p-value
	Low (<6) (N=117)	Medium (6 to <8) (N=65)	High (8) (N=18)
Age (years) (Mean ± S.D)	54.7 ± 9.9	55.9 ± 11.1	55.3 ± 11.5	0.82
Gender females, N (%)	59 (50.4)	32 (49.2)	10 (55.5)	0.86
Comorbid conditions
Diabetes mellitus, N (%)	76 (64.9)	46 (70.7)	14 (77.7)	0.50
Hypertension, N (%)	60 (51.2)	31 (47.7)	4 (22.2)	0.07
Ischemic heart disease, N (%)	11 (9.4)	4 (6.2)	1 (5.5)	0.71