Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of included patients
| Parameters | Patients | |
|---|---|---|
| Age, year | 55.8 ± 10.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 1040 (52%) |
| Female | 960 (48% | |
| Height, cm | 169.1 ± 8.3 | |
| Weight, Kg | 89.5 ± 16.2 | |
| Body mass index, Kg/m2 | 31.4 ± 5.9 | |
| Blood pressure control | SBP < 140 mmHg | 847 (42.4%) |
| DBP < 90 mmHg | 1109 (55.5%) | |
| BP < 140/90 mmHg | 746 (37.3%) | |
| Ethnicity | Middle eastern | 1665 (83.3%) |
| White/caucasian | 300 (15%) | |
| Black | 35 (1.8%) | |
| Educational level | College/university | 1160 (58%) |
| Primary/secondary school | 669 (33.5%) | |
| Illiterate | 171 (8.6%) | |
| Employment status | Full time | 860 (43%) |
| Retired | 355 (17.8%) | |
| Housekeeper | 336 (16.8%) | |
| Not employed | 246 (12.3%) | |
| Part time | 203 (10.2%) | |
| Marital status | Married | 1616 (80.8%) |
| Widowed | 248 (12.4%) | |
| Divorced | 71 (3.6%) | |
| Single | 65 (3.3%) | |
| Patient daily physical activity/exercise level | Inactive | 451 (22.6%) |
| Low | 676 (33.8%) | |
| Moderate | 667 (33.4%) | |
| High | 206 (10.3%) | |
| Patient have any diet control/regimen for hypertension | Yes | 641 (32.15%) |
| No | 1359 (68%) | |
| Smoking status | Never | 1503 (75.1%) |
| Currently | 299 (15%) | |
| Quit | 198 (9.9%) |
Data were presented as mean± SD for continuous data and frequency (%) for categorical variables Percentages. SBP; systolic blood pressure, DBP; diastolic blood pressure, BP; blood pressure