Non-adherence to antihypertensive pharmacotherapy in Buea, Cameroon: a cross-sectional community-based study

Table 3 Association between non-adherence to medication and blood pressure control^a

Covariate	Blood pressure control status		OR (95% CI)	P-value
Covariate	Controlled (N = 40)	Uncontrolled (N = 143)	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Age in years, Mean (SD)	53.8 (14.0)	56.5 (11.8)	0.99 (0.96–1.04)	0.975
Gender (Male), N (%)	10 (25.0)	55 (38.5)	1.57 (0.63–3.90)
Duration on treatment in years, Mean (SD)	2.75 (1.4)	3.06 (1.3)	0.86 (0.63–1.18)	0.353
Number of antihypertensive, mean (SD)	1.55 (0.7)	1.56 (0.6)	1.93 (0.98–3.77)	0.056
Adherence (Yes)	30 (75.0)	31 (78.3)	13.82 (5.46–34.95)	< 0.001**

OR Odd’s ratio, SD Standard deviation, CI Confidence interval
^aModel adjusted for age, gender, number of antihypertensive drugs and duration of treatment; **Significant p-value; R² = 0.328

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