Research Article
Characterizing Patients with Uncontrolled Blood Pressure at an Urban Hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of hypertensive patients.
| Characteristics | Controlled hypertension | Uncontrolled hypertension | Total | p | n | % | n | % | n | % |
| Total | 131 | 59.6 | 89 | 40.5 | 220 | 100.0 | | Age group | | | | | | | | <60 years | 39 | 59.1 | 27 | 40.9 | 66 | 30.0 | 0.99 | 60–69 years | 56 | 60.2 | 37 | 39.8 | 93 | 42.3 | | ≥70 years | 36 | 59.0 | 25 | 41.0 | 61 | 27.7 | | Gender | | | | | | | | Male | 56 | 51.9 | 52 | 48.2 | 108 | 49.1 | 0.02 | Female | 75 | 67.0 | 37 | 33.0 | 112 | 50.9 | | Education | | | | | | | | < High school | 55 | 56.7 | 42 | 43.3 | 97 | 44.3 | 0.67 | High school | 32 | 64.0 | 18 | 36.0 | 50 | 22.8 | | > High school | 44 | 61.1 | 28 | 38.9 | 72 | 32.9 | | Occupation | | | | | | | | Self-employed | 58 | 59.2 | 40 | 40.8 | 98 | 46.0 | 0.69 | Retired | 56 | 62.9 | 33 | 37.1 | 89 | 41.8 | | Others | 14 | 53.9 | 12 | 46.2 | 26 | 12.2 | | Living location | | | | | | | | Rural | 108 | 57.8 | 79 | 42.3 | 187 | 85.4 | 0.24 | Urban | 22 | 68.8 | 10 | 31.3 | 32 | 14.6 | | Current smokers | | | | | | | | No | 114 | 59.1 | 79 | 40.9 | 193 | 87.7 | 0.70 | Yes | 17 | 63.0 | 10 | 37.0 | 27 | 12.3 | | Alcohol drinkers | | | | | | | | No | 97 | 61.8 | 60 | 38.2 | 157 | 71.4 | 0.29 | Yes | 34 | 54.0 | 29 | 46.0 | 63 | 28.6 | |
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