Table 4. Factors influencing hypertension control among patients who were under medications (n= 279).
| Characteristics | All hypertensive patients on treatment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Controlled n (%) | Uncontrolled n (%) | Total n (%) | |
| Total | 201 (68.4) | 78 (31.8) | 279 (100) |
| Age | |||
| Adult | 116 (73.4) | 42 (26.6) | 158 (53.7) |
| Elderly | 85 (70.2) | 36 (29.8) | 121 (46.3) |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 83 (74.1) | 29 (25.9) | 112 (40.1) |
| Female | 118 (70.7) | 49 (29.3) | 167 (59.9) |
| Smoking | |||
| Smoker | 45 (61.6) | 28 (38.4) | 73 (26.16) |
| Non-smoker | 156 (75.7) | 50 (24.3) | 206 (73.84) |
| Alcohol | |||
| Alcoholic | 37 (63.8) | 21 (36.2) | 58 (20.78) |
| Non alcoholic | 164 (74.2) | 57 (25.8) | 221 (79.22) |
| Fat/oily food | |||
| Oily | 23 (67.6) | 11 (32.4) | 34 (12.18) |
| Normal | 136 (69.7) | 59 (30.3) | 195 (69.89) |
| Less Oily | 42 (84.0) | 8 (16.0) | 50 (17.93) |
| Exercise | |||
| Yes | 144 (77.0) | 43 (23.0) | 187 (67.02) |
| No | 57 (62.0) | 35 (38.0) | 92 (32.94) |
| Awareness | |||
| Aware | 97 (80.08) | 23 (19.2) | 120 (43.02) |
| Not-aware | 104 (65.4) | 5 (34.6) | 159 (56.98) |
| Diabetes | |||
| Yes | 24 (54.4) | 20 (45.6) | 44(15.8) |
| No | 177 (75.3) | 58 (24.7) | 235(84.2) |