Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of hypertensive patients
From: Predictors of poor blood pressure control among Iranian hypertensive patients
Parameters | Controlled BP | Uncontrolled BP | Total | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Categorical variables | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Gender | 337 | 413 | .980 | |
Male | 148 (43.9) | 181 (43.8) | 329 (43.9) | |
Female | 189 (56.1) | 232 (56.2) | 421 (56.1) | |
Marital status | .048 | |||
Married | 275 (81.6) | 304 (73.6) | 579 (77.2) | |
Single | 4 (1.2) | 2 (.48) | 6 (.8) | |
Widow | 55 (16.3) | 100 (24.2) | 155 (20.66) | |
Divorced | 3 (.9) | 7 (1.7) | 10 (1.3) | |
Education | .207 | |||
Illiterate | 237 (81.6) | 311 (75.3) | 548 (73.1) | |
Elementary school | 90 (26.7) | 97 (23.5) | 187 (24.9) | |
High school and university | 6 (1.8) | 3 (.7) | 9 (1.2) | |
Economic status | .671 | |||
Low | 147 (43.6) | 168 (40.6) | 315 (42) | |
Intermediate | 139 (41.2) | 177 (42.8) | 316 (42.1) | |
High | 51 (15.2) | 68 (16.4) | 119 (15.8) | |
Comorbidities of hypertension (yes) | 72 (21.3) | 130 (31.4) | 202 (26.9) | .002 |
Mental | 9 (12.5) | 20 (15.4) | 29 (14.3) | |
Coronary Heart Disease | 26 (31.7) | 56 (68.3) | 82 (40.6) | |
Cancer | 0 | 2 (1.5) | 2 (.9) | |
Respiratory diseases | 12 (16.6) | 21 (16.2) | 33 (16.3) | |
Urologic diseases | 6 (8.3) | 5 (3.8) | 11 (5.4) | |
Arthritis | 12 (16.6) | 17 (13.1) | 29 (14.3) | |
Thyroid disease | 1 (1.3) | 1 (.7) | 2 (.9) | |
Osteoporosis | 2 (2.6) | 2 (1.4) | 4 (1.8) | |
Eye diseases | 1 (1.3) | 3 (2.3) | 4 (1.8) | |
Gastritis | 3 | 3 (2.3) | 6 (2.9) |
Parameters | Controlled BP | Uncontrolled BP | Total | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Continuous variables | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |
Age (years) | 64.7 (9.8) | 65.9 (9.5) | 65.4 (9.7) | .094 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 26 (4.4) | 27.4 (4.5) | 26.8 (4.5) | < .0001 |
Weight (kg) | 67.5 (12.2) | 70.9 (12.5) | 69.36 (12.5) | < .0001 |
WC | 92.5 (12.3) | 96.9 (11) | 94.8 (12.6) | < .0001 |
SBP (mmHg) | 125.9 (8.7) | 147.1 (15.5) | 137.6 (16.6) | < .0001 |
DBP (mmHg) | 77.4 (6) | 92.2 (8.8) | 85.5 (10.6) | < .0001 |
Years living with hypertension | 7.6 (4.4) | 8.4 (4.4) | 8.04 (4.5) | .018 |