The Predictors of High Dietary Salt Intake among Hypertensive Patients in Iran

Table 4

Patient knowledge on disease related to high-salt intake based on blood pressure level.

	Blood pressure level	Borderline^b	≥140/90^a	All	^d
	<140/90^a
Patient knowledge on disease related to high-salt intake
Correct answer^e	138 (97.0)	42 (97.0)	20 (95.0)	20 (98.0)	0.001

^a,cBlood pressure = systolic/diastolic, ^bborderline = systolic ≤ 140 and diastolic > 90, >140 and diastolic ≤ 90, and ^d value derived from chi-squared test. ^eN(%) presented.