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Table 1 Co-morbidities in all adults, in those with and without resistant hypertension

From: Prevalence and risk factors for resistant hypertension among hypertensive patients from a developing country

Co-morbid disease

Number of patients with hypertension (%)

p value*

 

All

Resistant

Non resistant

 
 

(n = 277)

(n = 53)

(n = 224)

 

DM

118 (42.6%)

37 (69.9%)

81 (36.1%)

< 0.001

IHD

214 (77.3%)

48 (90.6%)

161 (71.9%)

< 0.01

Hyperlipideamia

144 (52%)

26 (49.1%)

118 (52.7%)

NS

CKD

9 (3.2%)

3 (5.7%)

6 (2.7%)

NS

  1. CKD Chronic Kidney Disease, DM Diabetes Mellitus, IHD Ischaemic Heart Disease, NS Not Significant; *, p values for ‘Resistant’ Vs. ‘Non-resistant’ groups.