Table 2 Clinical characteristics among adult hypertensive patients attending at Tigray teaching hospitals, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 578)
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Type of hypertension (HTN) | Systolic HTN | 93 | 16.1 |
Mixed | 485 | 83.9 | |
Classification of HTN | Primary | 555 | 96 |
Secondary | 23 | 4 | |
Number drug | One | 343 | 59.3 |
Two | 218 | 37.7 | |
Three and above | 17 | 2.9 | |
Proteinuria | Yes | 146 | 25.3 |
No | 432 | 74.7 | |
Chronic kidney disease | Yes | 128 | 22.1 |
No | 450 | 77.9 | |
Diabetic mellitus | Yes | 163 | 28.2 |
No | 415 | 71.8 | |
Dyslipidemia | Yes | 158 | 27.3 |
No | 420 | 72.7 | |
Blood pressure status | Controlled | 328 | 56.7 |
Uncontrolled | 250 | 43.3 | |
Body mass index | Normal | 383 | 66.3 |
Over weight/obese | 195 | 33.7 |