Table 2.
Clinical, anthropometric, and behavioral characteristics of hypertensive patients attending governmental health institutions in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia, 2021 (n = 423).
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Severity of hypertension | Controlled (<140/90) | 140 | 33.10 |
| Stage I (140–159/90–99) | 217 | 51.30 | |
| Stage II (>160/100) | 66 | 15.60 | |
| Duration of hypertension and its medications (year) | <5.0 | 228 | 53.9 |
| 5.0–10.0 | 129 | 30.5 | |
| >10.0 | 66 | 15.6 | |
| Antihypertensive medications | |||
| Monotherapy | Diuretics | 118 | 27.90 |
| Calcium channel blockers | 44 | 10.40 | |
| ACE inhibitor | 37 | 8.75 | |
| Polytherapy | 224 | 52.95 | |
| Get counseling/treatments for ED | Yes | 11 | 2.6 |
| No | 412 | 97.4 | |
| Normal | 307 | 72.58 | |
| Overweight | 116 | 27.42 | |
| Comorbidities | Yes | 145 | 34.28 |
| No | 278 | 65.72 | |
| Comorbidity type | Diabetes mellitus | 60 | 41.38 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 43 | 29.66 | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 8 | 5.52 | |
| Combinations | 34 | 23.45 | |
| Depression status | Yes | 148 | 34.99 |
| No | 275 | 65.01 | |
| Ever alcohol drinker | Yes | 320 | 75.65 |
| No | 103 | 24.35 | |
| Current alcohol drinker | Yes | 92 | 28.75 |
| No | 228 | 71.25 | |
| Cigarette smoking | Never | 351 | 82.98 |
| Former | 52 | 12.29 | |
| Current | 20 | 4.73 | |
| Frequency of smoking/week | Every day | 4 | 20 |
| Less than daily | 16 | 80 | |
| Ever khat chewer | No | 284 | 67.2 |
| Yes | 139 | 32.8 | |
| Physical activity | Yes | 229 | 54.14 |
| No | 194 | 45.86 | |