Research Article
Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications in Iranian Patients
Table 2
Comparison of blood pressure variables between low and moderate/high adherence groups among 280 Iranian hypertensive patients.
| | Total () | Low adherers () | Moderate/high adherers () | Sig. |
| HTN duration, mean (±SD), year | 7.23 (±5.97) | 7.06 (±5.71) | 7.40 (±6.23) | 0.966 | History of HTN crisis | 99 (35.3%) | 62 (62.5%) | 37 (37.4%) | 0.001 | BP measurement by a health care provider in the last 6 months | 230 (82.1%) | 107 (46.5%) | 123 (53.5%) | 0.025 | Self-awareness of BP | 161 (57.5%) | 81 (50.3%) | 80 (49.7%) | 0.795 | Mean systolic BP, mmHg | 136.7 (±16.2) | 139.6 (±15.2) | 133.8 (±16.8) | 0.003 | Mean diastolic BP, mmHg | 83.9 (±9.0) | 85.7 (±8.3) | 82.1 (±9.2) | <0.001 | Controlled BP in nondiabetics | 120 | 49 (40.8%) | 71 (59.2%) | <0.001 | Controlled BP in diabetics | 2 | 0 | 2 (100%) | 0.504 |
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