Table 1.
Sociodemographic factors associated with hypertension treatment and control among adults with hypertension
| Treatment | Control | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | p value | n (%) | p value | |
| Total sample | 410 (100.0) | 197 (48.1) | 84 (20.5) | ||
| Sociodemographic factors | |||||
| Age group, y | |||||
| 30–45 | 85 (20.7) | 29 (34.1) | 0.0123 | 8 (9.4) | 0.0130 |
| 46–60 | 176 (42.9) | 94 (53.4) | 44 (25.0) | ||
| 61–70 | 149 (36.3) | 74 (49.7) | 32 (21.5) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 96 (23.4) | 56 (58.3) | 0.0212 | 15 (15.6) | 0.1774 |
| Female | 314 (76.6) | 141 (44.9) | 69 (22.0) | ||
| Marital status | |||||
| Living without a partner | 132 (32.2) | 56 (42.4) | 0.1162 | 30 (22.7) | 0.4388 |
| Married/living with a partner | 278 (67.8) | 141 (50.7) | 54 (19.4) | ||
| Occupation | |||||
| Employed/self-employed | 84 (20.5) | 51 (60.7) | 0.0074 | 21 (25.0) | 0.4971 |
| Farmer | 176 (42.9) | 71 (40.3) | 33 (18.8) | ||
| Dependent/housewife/other | 150 (36.6) | 75 (50.0) | 30 (20.0) | ||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Kachin | 238 (58.1) | 100 (42.0) | 0.0040 | 43 (18.1) | 0.1532 |
| Other | 172 (42.0) | 97 (56.4) | 41 (23.8) | ||
| Education | |||||
| Primary school – | 241 (58.8) | 103 (42.7) | 0.0102 | 39 (16.2) | 0.0099 |
| Secondary school + | 169 (41.2) | 94 (55.6) | 45 (26.6) | ||
| Monthly income (MMK) | |||||
| Low (<100 000) | 180 (43.9) | 65 (36.1) | <0.0001 | 28 (15.6) | 0.0411 |
| Middle (100 001–250 000) | 102 (24.9) | 54 (52.9) | 21 (20.6) | ||
| High (>250 000) | 128 (31.2) | 78 (60.9) | 35 (27.3) | ||
| Place of residence | |||||
| Urban | 77 (18.8) | 51 (66.2) | 0.0004 | 17 (22.1) | 0.7013 |
| Rural | 333 (81.2) | 146 (43.8) | 67 (20.1) | ||
| Duration of hypertension, y | |||||
| ≤3 | 167 (40.7) | 68 (40.7) | 0.0138 | 29 (17.4) | 0.1941 |
| >3 | 243 (59.3) | 129 (53.1) | 55 (22.6) | ||
| Family history of hypertension | |||||
| Yes | 151 (36.8) | 77 (51.0) | 0.3622 | 36 (23.8) | 0.1990 |
| No | 259 (63.2) | 120 (46.3) | 48 (18.5) | ||
| Comorbidity | |||||
| No | 240 (58.5) | 97 (40.4) | 0.0002 | 38 (15.8) | 0.0055 |
| Yes | 170 (41.5) | 100 (58.8) | 46 (27.1) | ||
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | |||||
| Overweight and obese (≥23.0) | 266 (64.9) | 137 (51.5) | 0.0570 | 50 (18.8) | 0.2490 |
| Normal and underweight (<23.0) | 144 (35.1) | 60 (41.7) | 34 (23.6) | ||
Abbreviation: MMK, Myanmar Kyat.