Table 2.

Characteristics of medication use of adult Syrian refugees reporting hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs)

	Hypertension (N = 326)		Diabetes (N = 185)		CVDs (N = 175)
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Taking medication
No	132	40.5%	61	33.0%	89	50.9%
Yes	194	59.5%	124	67.0%	86	49.1%
Number of medications
1	152	46.6%	95	51.4%	37	21.1%
2	29	8.9%	26	14.1%	18	10.3%
3 +	13	4.0%	3	1.6%	31	17.7%
Females taking medication
Among those diagnosed before moving to Lebanon	45 (N = 57)	78.9%	28 (N = 32)	87.5%	9 (N = 18)	50.0%
Among those diagnosed after moving to Lebanon	46 (N = 77)	59.7%	29 (N = 46)	63.0%	14 (N = 33)	42.4%
Date of move is unknown	(N = 95)		(N = 44)		(N = 49)
p-value	.019	.607	.603
Males taking medication
Among those diagnosed before moving to Lebanon	19 (N = 26)	73.1%	19 (N = 26)	73.1%	15 (N = 21)	71.4%
Among those diagnosed after moving to Lebanon	20 (N = 32)	62.5%	17 (N = 20)	85.0%	19 (N = 27)	70.4%
Date of move is unknown	(N = 39)		(N = 17)		(N = 27)
p-value	.393	.038	.936