Impact of Patient Beliefs on Blood Pressure Control in the General Population: Findings from the Population-Based STAAB Cohort Study
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population stratified according to achieved or not achieved recommended blood pressure target.
Target achieved 1
Target not achieved
P-value
293
147 (50.2)
146 (49.8)
Gender
0.02
Female
145 (49.5)
83 (56.5)
62 (42.5)
Male
148 (50.5)
64 (43.5)
84 (57.5)
Age in years
0.49
30-39
4 (1.4)
3 (2.0)
1 (0.7)
40-49
36 (12.3)
18 (12.2)
18 (12.3)
50-59
52 (17.7)
25 (17.0)
27 (18.5)
60-69
131 (44.7)
71 (48.3)
60 (41.1)
70-79
70 (23.9)
30 (20.4)
40 (27.4)
Education
0.26
primary
107 (36.5)
59 (40.1)
48 (32.9)
secondary
94 (32.1)
48 (32.7)
46 (31.5)
tertiary
92 (31.4)
40 (27.2)
52 (35.6)
Current smoking
35 (11.9)
22 (15.0)
13 (8.9)
0.11
Self-reported diabetes
50 (17.1)
25 (50.0)
25 (50.0)
0.98
BMI > 25 kg/m2
237 (82.3)
122 (84.1)
115 (80.4)
0.41
BMQ, n (%), ≥ median
Specific - Concerns
164 (56.0)
90 (61.2)
74 (50.7)
0.07
Specific - Necessity
151 (51.5)
78 (53.1)
73 (50.0)
0.60
Legend: data are count (percent). Analyses are restricted to patients without missing values in respective variables. BMI, body mass index; BMQ, Beliefs about Medicine Questionnaire. 1 Recommended target for treated hypertension: ≤ 140/90 mmHg and for diabetics: ≤ 140/85 mmHg.
