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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of recruited patients

From: Association between attendance at outpatient follow-up appointments and blood pressure control among patients with hypertension

Patient characteristics

Total study population (N = 662)

N

%

Gender

Male

315

48

 

Female

346

52

Age

Mean (SD)

54 ± 12.3 years

 
 

 ≥ 60

231

35

 

Ë‚60

431

65

Marital status

Married

574

87

 

Unmarried/divorced/widow

88

13

BMI

Overweight

260

39

 

Normal weight

401

61

Education level

Graduate and above

98

15

 

Secondary and higher secondary

228

34

 

Primary and below

149

23

 

Uneducated

187

28

Profession

Officers/higher management

63

10

 

Clerical staff

52

08

 

Workers/laborers

122

18

 

Self employed

15

02

 

Retired/unemployed

115

17

 

House wives

295

45

Entitlement status

Entitled

253

38

 

Non-entitled

409

62

Treatment duration

Mean (SD)

06 ± 5.66 Years

 
 

 ≤ 5 years

442

67

 

 > 5 years

220

33

Number of antihypertensive drugs

Mean (SD)

1.69 ± 0.681

 
 

1

289

44

 

2

293

44

 

3

79

12

Co-morbidity

Yes

177

27

 

No

485

73

Specific co-morbidity

Patients with DM

96

15

 

Patients with CHD

53

08

 

Patients with CHF

05

0.8

 

Patients with Hyperlipidemia

136

21

Regularity in follow-up

Regular Follow-up

274

41

 

Irregular Follow-up

388

59