Knowledge, Treatment, Control, and Risk Factors for Hypertension among Adults in Southern Iran

Table 1

Percentage (%) of treatment and control of hypertension among hypertensive adults ().

Variables		Control			Treatment
		Gender
Total	1863	572	31.2	—	1373	74.8	—
Male	722	222	30.7		532	73.7
Female	1114	350	31.4		841	75.5
Age groups
39–30	95	33	34.7		56	58.9
49–40	262	84	32.1		180	68.7
59–50	534	183	34.3		401	75.1
≥60	945	272	28.8		736	77.9
Region
Urban	822	308	37.5		593	72.1
Rural	1014	264	26		780	76.9
Marital status
Single	25	10	40		16	64
Married	1488	472	31.7		1104	74.2
Divorced and widowed/widower	323	90	27.9		253	78.3
Education level
Illiterate	1149	322	28		891	77.5
Primary school	362	129	35.6		258	71.3
Secondary school	114	34	29.8		76	66.7
High school	46	22	47.8		32	69.6
Diploma	90	28	31.1		60	66.7
University	75	37	49.3		56	74.6
Job
Farmer	205	58	28.9		143	71.1
Employed	111	42	37.8		84	75.7
Retired	184	64	34.8		137	74.5
Unemployed	269	79	29.4		197	73.2
Housekeeper	1071	329	30.7		812	75.8
Income
Poor	1655	495	29.9		1235	74.6
Medium	148	61	41.2		112	75.7
Good	33	16	48.5		26	78.8
Family history of hypertension
Yes	832	289	34.7		624	75
No	1004	283	28.2		749	74.6
Physical activity
Yes	512	174	34		380	74.2
No	1324	398	30.1		993	75
Tobacco
Yes	253	61	24.1		188	73.3
No	1583	511	32.3		1185	74.9
Body mass index (BMI)
≤18.5	15	5	33.3		11	73.3
25–18.5	655	214	32.7		493	75.3
30–25	736	229	31.1		547	74.3
≥30	430	124	28.8		322	74.9
Duration of diagnosis
≤5	955	297	31.1		669	70.1
5–9	366	130	35.5		293	80.1
10–14	298	79	26.5		235	78.9
15–19	129	33	25.6		97	75.2
≥20	88	33	37.5		79	89.8