Table 2.

Personal medical history and behavioral characteristics according to medication adherence

	Total		High and Moderate		Low
Variables	N	%	N	%	N	%	P-value#
Co-morbidities
Hypertension	1111	53.9	600	54.2	511	53.5	0.116
Heart diseases	431	20.9	226	20.4	205	21.5	0.736
Eye diseases	1155	56	566	51.2	589	61.7	< 0.001*
Kidney diseases	171	8.3	89	8	82	8.6	0.658
Neurological diseases	193	9.4	91	8.2	102	10.7	0.057
Diabetic ulcer	185	9	80	7.2	105	11	0.003*
Cancer	26	1.3	16	1.4	10	1	0.418
Asthma	240	11.6	115	10.4	125	13.1	0.058
TB	45	2.2	29	2.6	16	1.7	0.143
Fasting blood sugar
Uncontrolled (>7 mmol/L)	1364	73.5	715	72.1	649	75.1	0.149
Controlled (≤7 mmol/L)	491	26.5	276	27.9	215	24.9
Body mass index
Underweight	34	1.6	17	1.5	17	1.8	0.57
Normal	855	41.5	455	41.1	400	41.9
Overweight	845	41	467	42.2	378	39.6
Obese	327	15.9	167	15.1	160	16.8
Behavioral characteristics
Tobacco use
Current	550	26.7	283	25.6	267	28	0.289
Past	208	10.1	120	10.8	88	9.2
Never	1303	63.2	703	63.6	600	62.8
Consumption of fruits and vegetables
≥3 times/day	101	4.9	41	3.7	60	6.3	0.007*
<3 times/day	1960	95.1	1065	96.3	895	93.7

*Statistical significance at *P < 0.05; **P < 0.001; ^# Chi-square test unless otherwise stated.