Blood Pressure Control and Associated Factors among Hypertension Comorbid Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Southeast Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants at Bale Zone public hospitals, Southeast Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 378).

Variables	Frequency	Percentage
Sex
Male	211	55.8
Female	167	44.2
Age
≤30 years	21	5.6
31–40 years	100	26.5
41–50 years	86	22.7
>50 years	171	45.2
Level of education
No formal education	133	35.2
Primary school	89	23.5
Secondary school	80	21.2
Tertiary and above	76	20.1
Marital status
Single	31	8.2
Married	307	81.2
Divorced	7	1.9
Widowed	33	8.7
Living condition
Living with immediate family	336	88.9
Living with extended family	12	3.2
Living alone	30	7.9
Job or occupation
Government employee	80	21.2
Nongovernment employee	24	6.3
Farmer	115	30.4
Housewife	117	31.0
Others	42	11.1
Ethnicity
Oromo	210	55.6
Amhara	112	29.6
Gamo	44	11.6
Others	12	3.2
Religion
Muslim	165	43.6
Orthodox	153	40.5
Protestant	49	13.0
Others	11	2.9
Level of income
<1000 EB	21	5.6
1000–2000 EB	89	23.5
2001–3000 EB	81	21.4
>3000 EB	187	49.5
Residence
Rural	170	45.0
Urban	208	55.0

Accounts for the Welayta and Tigre ethnic group, accounts for the Waaqeffata and Adventists religion group, daily laborers and drivers, and EB = Ethiopian Birr.