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Table 4 Factors predicting blood pressure control among included patients

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

Parameter

Uncontrolled B.P n (%)

Controlled B.P n (%)

OR

95% CI for OR lower–upper

P value

Gender

 Female

187 (53.9)

160 (46.1)

1

  

 Male

158 (50.2)

157 (49.8)

1.08

0.753–1.543

0.337

Age

  < 60 Years

243 (56.5)

187 (43.5)

1

  

 ≥ 60 Years

102 (44.0)

130 (56.0)

1.638

1.168–2.297

0.004*

Marital status

 Married

305 (53.1)

269 (46.9)

1

  

 Unmarried/divorced/widowed

40 (45.5)

48 (54.5)

1.257

0.757–2.087

0.376

Education

 Uneducated

106 (56.7)

81 (43.3)

1

  

 Primary or below

73 (49.0)

76 (51.0)

1.431

0.904–2.265

0.126

 Secondary and higher secondary

116 (51.3)

110 (48.7)

1.328

0.875–2.018

0.183

 Graduation and above

50 (50.0)

50 (50.0)

1.229

0.730–2.068

0.437

BMI

 Obese

140 (53.6)

121 (46.4)

1

  

 Normal weight

205 (51.1)

196 (48.9)

1.05

0.743–1.482

0.782

Profession

     

 Retired/unemployed/house wives

216 (52.7)

194 (47.3)

1

  

 Officers

30 (47.6)

33 (52.4)

1.462

0.661–3.236

0.348

 Clerical staff

25 (48.1)

27 (51.9)

1.320

0.640–2.721

0.453

 Worker/laborer

65 (53.3)

57 (46.7)

1.276

0.746–2.185

0.374

 Self employed

09 (60)

06 (40)

1.228

0.387–3.897

0.728

Entitlement status

     

 Non-entitled

228 (55.7)

181 (44.3)

1

  

 Entitled

117 (46.2)

136 (53.8)

1.210

0.858–1.707

0.277

Treatment duration

     

  ≤ 5 years

247 (55.6)

197 (44.4)

1

  

 > 5 years

98 (45.0)

120 (55.0)

1.246

0.875–1.776

0.223

No. of medications

     

 1

149 (51.6)

140 (48.4)

   

 2

147 (50.2)

146 (49.8)

1

  

 3

48 (60.8)

31 (39.2)

0.689

0.538–0.882

0.003*

Co-morbidities

     

 No

265 (54.6)

220 (45.4)

1

  

 Yes

80 (45.2)

97 (54.8)

1.072

0.733–1.568

0.720

Medication adherence

 Non-Adherent

173 (67.8)

82 (32.2)

1

  

 Adherent

172 (42.3)

235 (57.7)

2.720

1.890–3.915

0.001*

Treatment follow-up regularity

 Irregular treatment follow-up

232 (59.8)

156 (40.2)

1

  

 Regular treatment follow-up

113 (41.2)

161 (58.8)

1.561

1.102–2.211

0.012*

  1. Significant values are highlighted in bold
  2. *P < 0.05