Table 1. Socio-demographic and other related characteristics of the hypertensive patients (n = 465).
| Study data | N (%) |
| Age group | |
| 18-35 years | 33 (07.1%) |
| 36-55 years | 151 (32.5%) |
| 56-65 years | 152 (32.7%) |
| >65 years | 129 (27.7%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 184 (39.6%) |
| Female | 281 (60.4%) |
| Educational level | |
| Uneducated | 81 (17.4%) |
| Primary school | 57 (12.3%) |
| Middle school | 51 (11.0%) |
| High school | 113 (24.3%) |
| University | 157 (33.8%) |
| Postgraduate | 06 (01.3%) |
| Have you been diagnosed with chronic hypertension? | |
| Yes | 440 (94.6%) |
| No | 11 (02.4%) |
| I don’t know | 14 (03.0%) |
| Time since diagnosis | |
| ≥5 years | 305 (65.6%) |
| <5 years | 160 (34.4%) |
| Family history of chronic hypertension | |
| Yes | 337 (72.5%) |
| No | 128 (27.5%) |
| Do you measure your blood pressure regularly? | |
| Yes | 219 (47.1%) |
| No | 246 (52.9%) |