Table 2 Clinical/Disease-related characteristics of hypertensive patients on follow-up at ambulatory clinics of public health facilities in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia, 2022 (n = 398)
Variable | Category | Frequency | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
Family history of HTN | Yes | 127 | 31.9 |
No | 271 | 68.1 | |
Duration of HTN diagnosis (years) |  < 5 | 129 | 32.4 |
5–10 | 148 | 37.2 | |
 > 10 | 121 | 30.4 | |
Frequency of follow-up | Monthly | 316 | 79.4 |
Every two month | 80 | 20.1 | |
Other* | 2 | 0.5 | |
Follow-up miss | Yes | 171 | 43 |
No | 227 | 57 | |
Frequency of BP measurement | Every two month | 49 | 12.3 |
Every two weeks | 88 | 22.1 | |
Monthly | 195 | 49 | |
Weekly | 66 | 16.6 | |
Comorbidity | Yes | 152 | 38.2 |
No | 246 | 61.8 | |
Types of comorbidities (n = 152) | Diabetes | 79 | 44.2 |
Chronic kidney disease | 23 | 12.9 | |
Myocardial infarction | 45 | 25.2 | |
Stroke | 23 | 12.6 | |
Hyperlipidemia | 9 | 5.1 | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | Normal (18.5–24.99) | 181 | 45.5 |
Overweight (25–29.9) | 188 | 47.2 | |
Obese (≥ 30) | 29 | 7.3 |