Table 1.

Socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants

	Total		High and Moderate MA		Low MA
Variables	N	%	N	%	N	%	P-value#
Gender
Male	1233	59.8	626	56.6	607	63.6	0.001*
Female	828	40.2	480	43.4	348	36.4
Age
Men age ± SD	50.6 ± 12.1		50.9 ± 12.2		50.4 ± 12
<35 years	201	9.8	102	9.2	99	10.4	0.236
35–69 years	1725	83.7	923	83.5	802	84
> 70 years	135	6.6	81	7.3	54	5.7
Marital status
Married	1846	89.6	993	89.8	853	89.3	0.731
Single	215	10.4	113	10.2	102	10.7
Education
Primary and below	823	39.9	417	37.7	406	42.5	0.015*
Completed secondary	550	26.7	289	26.1	261	27.3
Completed higher secondary	302	14.7	184	16.6	118	12.4
Completed higher education	386	18.7	216	19.5	170	17.8
Occupation
Housewife	1093	53	558	50.5	535	56	0.071
Business	243	11.8	142	12.8	101	10.6
Service	395	19.2	218	19.7	177	18.5
Others	330	16	188	17	142	14.9
Income
< 233 USD	578	28.5	286	26.2	292	31.2	0.002*
233–410 USD	627	30.9	320	29.3	307	32.8
411–585 USD	397	19.6	230	21.1	167	17.8
> 585 USD	426	21	255	23.4	171	18.2

^#Chi-square test unless otherwise stated * MA = Medication Adherence.