Research Article
Adherence to Antihypertensive Treatment and Associated Factors in Central Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of hypertensive patients in Central Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 989).
| Variable | Frequency | % |
| Sex | | | Male | 468 | 47.3 | Female | 521 | 52.7 | Name of the hospital | | | Asella | 322 | 32.5 | Adama | 268 | 27.1 | Bishoftu | 246 | 24.9 | Shashemen | 153 | 15.5 | Age | | | 20–35 | 43 | 4.3 | 35–49 | 241 | 24.4 | 50–64 | 512 | 51.8 | 65–79 | 193 | 19.5 | Mean and SD (57.6 ± 11.8) | | | Religion | | | Orthodox | 639 | 64.6 | Muslim | 221 | 22.4 | Protestant | 129 | 13.0 | Address | | | Urban | 760 | 76.8 | Rural | 229 | 23.2 | Level of education | | | Illiterate | 342 | 34.6 | Read and write | 148 | 14.9 | Primary | 177 | 17.9 | Secondary | 172 | 17.4 | Diploma and above | 150 | 15.2 | Marital status | | | Single | 154 | 15.6 | Married | 627 | 63.4 | Divorced | 55 | 5.5 | Widowed | 153 | 15.5 | Ethnicity | | | Oromo | 504 | 50.9 | Amhara | 377 | 38.1 | Tigre | 26 | 2.6 | Gurage | 52 | 5.3 | Others | 30 | 3.1 | Occupation | | | GOV employed | 154 | 15.6 | Self-employed | 151 | 15.3 | Farmer | 129 | 13.0 | Housewife | 325 | 32.9 | Retired | 230 | 23.2 |
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