Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of hypertensive patients.

Characteristics	Controlled hypertension		Uncontrolled hypertension		Total		p
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Total	131	59.6	89	40.5	220	100.0
Age group
<60 years	39	59.1	27	40.9	66	30.0	0.99
60–69 years	56	60.2	37	39.8	93	42.3
≥70 years	36	59.0	25	41.0	61	27.7
Gender
Male	56	51.9	52	48.2	108	49.1	0.02
Female	75	67.0	37	33.0	112	50.9
Education
< High school	55	56.7	42	43.3	97	44.3	0.67
High school	32	64.0	18	36.0	50	22.8
> High school	44	61.1	28	38.9	72	32.9
Occupation
Self-employed	58	59.2	40	40.8	98	46.0	0.69
Retired	56	62.9	33	37.1	89	41.8
Others	14	53.9	12	46.2	26	12.2
Living location
Rural	108	57.8	79	42.3	187	85.4	0.24
Urban	22	68.8	10	31.3	32	14.6
Current smokers
No	114	59.1	79	40.9	193	87.7	0.70
Yes	17	63.0	10	37.0	27	12.3
Alcohol drinkers
No	97	61.8	60	38.2	157	71.4	0.29
Yes	34	54.0	29	46.0	63	28.6