Research Article
Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications in Iranian Patients
Table 1
Comparison of demographic characteristics between low and moderate/high adherence groups among 280 Iranian hypertensive patients.
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() | Low adherence
() | Moderate/high adherence
() | Sig. |
| | Gender | | | | | | Male | 118 (42.1%) | 59 (50%) | 59 (50%) | 0.919 | | Female | 162 (57.9%) | 80 (49.4%) | 82 (50.6%) | | Age, years | | | | | | ≤50 | 51 (18.2%) | 25 (49%) | 26 (51%) | 0.922 | | >50 | 229 (81.8%) | 114 (49.8%) | 115 (50.2%) | | BMI, kg/m2 | | | | | | <25 | 76 (27.1%) | 28 (36.8%) | 48 (63.2%) | 0.011 | | ≥25 | 204 (72.9%) | 111 (54.4%) | 93 (45.6%) | | Education | | | | | | Lower than high school diploma/illiterate | 164 (58.5%) | 86 (52.4%) | 78 (47.6%) | 0.008 | | High school diploma | 71 (25.4%) | 40 (56.3%) | 31 (43.7%) | | Academic degree | 45 (16.1%) | 13 (28.9%) | 32 (71.7%) | | Occupation | | | | | | Market/self-employed | 73 (26.1%) | 43 (58.9%) | 30 (41.4%) | 0.001 | | Clerk/military | 41 (14.6%) | 9 (22.0%) | 32 (78.0%) | | Housewife | 119 (42.5%) | 65 (54.6%) | 54 (45.4%) | | Retired/unemployed | 47 (16.8%) | 22 (46.8%) | 25 (53.2%) | | Current smoker | 49 (17.5%) | 29 (59.2%) | 20 (40.8%) | 0.141 | | Insurance coverage | 246 (87.8%) | 119 (48.4%) | 127 (51.6%) | 0.253 | | Residence place | | | | | | Urban | 273 (97.5%) | 133 (48.7%) | 140 (51.3%) | 0.053 | | Rural | 7 (2.5%) | 6 (85.7%) | 1 (14.3%) |
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Sig. = significance level.
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