Sodium Intake, Dietary Knowledge, and Illness Perceptions of Controlled and Uncontrolled Rural Hypertensive Patients

Table 4

Correlation of knowledge and illness perception with sodium intake.

Variables	Pearson correlation
	Correlation coefficient	𝑃 value
Controlled group (𝑁=433)
Illness perception	−0.381	𝑃<0.001
Knowledge	−0.268	𝑃<0.001
Uncontrolled group (𝑁=238)
Illness perception	−0.666	𝑃<0.001
Knowledge	−0.652	𝑃<0.001