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

Table 2

Behavioral practice among hypertensive patients 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 (%)
Alcohol use	Yes	18 (3.8)	188 (39.7)	206 (43.6)
	No	209 (44.1)	59 (12.4)	268 (56.5)
Medication adherence	Adherent	220 (46.43)	74 (15.6)	294 (62.03)
	Not adherent	34 (7.17)	146 (30.8)	180 (37.97)
Smoke cigarette	Yes	3 (0.6)	64 (13.5)	67 (14)
	No	225 (47.5)	183 (44.9)	408 (86)
Chew chat	Yes	3 (0.6)	47 (9.9)	50 (10.5)
	No	224 (47.3)	200 (42.2)	424 (89.5)
Low-salt diet adherence	Adherent	173 (36.5)	25 (5.3)	198 (41.8)
	Nonadherent	54 (11.4)	222 (46.8)	276 (58.2)
Healthy diet adherence	Adherent	88 (18.6)	18 (3.8)	106 (22.4)
	Nonadherent	139 (29.3)	229 (48.3)	368 (77.6)
Physical activity adherence	Adherent	84 (17.7)	46 (9.7)	130 (27.4)
	Nonadherent	143 (30.2)	201 (42.2)	344 (72.6)