Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of participants
| Variable | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Gender | |
| Male | 194 (51.5) |
| Female | 183 (48.5) |
| Age (year) | |
| Less than 65 | 276 (73.2) |
| 65 or more | 101 (26.8) |
| Residency | |
| Village | 76 (20.2) |
| City | 267 (70.8) |
| Refugee camp | 34 (9.0) |
| Employment | |
| Employed | 170 (45.1) |
| Unemployed | 207 (54.9) |
| BMI | |
| Normal | 55 (14.6) |
| Overweight | 122 (32.4) |
| Obese | 200 (53.1) |
| Marital status | |
| Married | 312 (82.8) |
| Unmarried | 65 (17.2) |
| Monthly income (NIS) a | |
| Low (less than 2000) | 98 (26.0) |
| Moderate (2000–5000) | 227 (60.2) |
| High ( more than 5000) | 52 (13.8) |
| Education level | |
| Uneducated | 16 (4.2) |
| Primary school | 69 (18.3) |
| High school | 136 (36.1) |
| University | 156 (41.4) |
| Hypertension duration | |
| Less than 1 year | 13 (3.4) |
| 1–3 years | 58 (15.4) |
| 4–5 years | 21 (5.6) |
| 5 years or more | 285 (75.6) |
| Therapy type | |
| Monotherapy | 252 (66.8) |
| Multi therapy | 125 (33.2) |
| Total number of chronic diseases b | |
| 1 or less | 304 (80.6) |
| 2 | 67 (17.8) |
| 3 or more | 6 (1.6) |
| Total number of medications | |
| Less than 4 | 273 (72.4) |
| 4 or more | 104 (27.6) |
NIS New Israeli Shekel
a1 Israeli New Shekel equals 0.29 US dollar
bTotal number of chronic diseases other than hypertension