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Table 1 Patient characteristicsa

From: Profile of patients with hypertensive urgency and emergency presenting to an urban emergency department of a tertiary referral hospital in Tanzania

 

Overall N = 203

Emergency n = 138

Urgency n = 65

p-value

Sex

 Male

95 (46.8)

62 (44.9)

33 (50.8)

0.44

 Female

108 (53.2)

76 (55.1)

32 (49.2)

 

Age

 Median (IQR) years

55 (45–67)

54 (43–67)

60 (50–67)

0.25

Marital status

 Single

17 (8.4)

9 (6.5)

8 (12.3)

0.28

 Married

146 (71.9)

98 (71.0)

48 (73.8)

 

 Divorced

14 (6.9)

10 (7.3)

4 (6.2)

 

 Widow

26 (12.8)

21 (15.2)

5 (7.7)

 

Level of Education

 University

21 (10.3)

14 (10.2)

7 (10.8)

0.43

 Advanced level (High School)

3 (1.5)

1 (0.7)

2 (3.1)

 

 Ordinary level (Secondary School)

45 (22.2)

34 (24.6)

11(16.9)

 

 Primary

111 (54.7)

74 (53.6)

37 (56.9)

 

 None

13 (6.4)

10 (7.3)

3 (4.6)

 

 Others

10 (4.9)

5 (3.6)

5 (7.7)

 

Employment

 Government

31 (15.3)

24 (17.4)

7 (10.8)

0.49

 Private

17 (8.4)

13 (9.4)

4 (6.1)

 

 Self

60 (29.5)

39 (28.3)

21 (32.3)

 

 Unemployed

95 (46.8)

62 (44.9)

33 (50.8)

 
  1. aValues and counts (%) unless otherwise specified