Uncontrolled Hypertension and Behavioral Risk Factors among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Saint Paul’s Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of hypertensive patients who were attending St. Paul’s Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 474).

Variables	Category	Type of hypertension		Total, n (%)
		Controlled, n (%)	Uncontrolled, n (%)
Sex	Male	100 (21.1)	126 (26.6)	226 (47.7)
	Female	127 (26.8)	121 (25.5)	248 (52.3)
Age in years	<35 years old	60 (12.6)	45 (9.42)	105 (22.2)
	35–55 years old	120 (25.3)	82 (15.3)	202 (42.6)
	>56 years old	17 (15.8)	92 (17.4)	167 (35.2)
Marital status	Single	16 (3.4)	10 (2.1)	26 (5.5)
	Married	150 (31.6)	169 (35.7)	319 (67.3)
	Divorce	14 (3)	11 (2.3)	25 (5.3)
	Widowed	47 (9.9)	57 (12)	104 (21.9)
Level of education	Illiterate	47 (9.9)	65 (13.7)	112 (23.6)
	Primary education	60 (12.7)	32 (6, 8)	92 (19.4)
	Secondary education	84 (17.7)	100 (21.1)	184 (38.8)
	College and above	36 (7, 6)	50 (10.5)	86 (18.1)
Residence	Rural	92 (19.4)	69 (14.6)	161 (34)
	Urban	135 (28.5)	178 (37.6)	313 (66)
Occupation	Unemployed	97 (20.5)	33 (6.9)	130 (27.4)
	Government employed	53 (11.2)	83 (17.5)	136 (28.7)
	Self-employed	66 (13.9)	58 (12.2)	124 (26.2)
	Retired	45 (9.4)	39 (8.3)	84 (17.7)
Income	<1000 ETB	100 (21.1)	102 (21.5)	202 (42.6)
	1001–3000 ETB	111 (23.4)	32 (6.75)	143 (30.2)
	>3001 ETB	83 (17.5)	46 (9.7)	129 (27.2)
Length of diagnosis for HTN	<5 years	92 (19.4)	86 (18.2)	178 (37.6)
	>6 years	150 (31.6)	146 (30.8)	296 (62.4)

HTN, hypertension; ETB, Ethiopian birr.