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

Table 3

Description of body mass index and the number of antihypertensive drugs taken among adult hypertensive patients at St. Paul’s Hospital, Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 474).

Variables	Category	Type of hypertension		Total, n (%)
		Controlled, n (%)	Uncontrolled, n (%)
BMI	Normal weight	206 (43.7)	113 (23.8)	319 (67.5)
	Over weight	14 (3)	107 (22.6)	121 (25.5)
	Obesity	7 (1.5)	27 (5.7)	34 (7.2)
Number of anti-HTN drugs	Single therapy	107 (22.6)	22 (4.6)	129 (27.2)
	Dual therapy	116 (24.5)	151 (31.9)	267 (56.3)
	≥Triple therapy	4 (0.08)	74 (15.6%)	78 (16.5)

BMI, body mass index; HTN, hypertension.