Hypertensive Patients’ Knowledge of Risk Factors and Warning Signs of Stroke at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of hypertensive patients at Felege Hiwot Referral Hospital in Bahir Dar Town, Ethiopia, 2018.

Variables	Frequency	Percent (%)
Age category
<45	67	24.1%
≥ 45	211	75.9%
Sex
Female	145	52.2%
Male	133	47.8%
Residence
Rural	137	49.3%
Urban	141	50.7%
Religion
Orthodox	220	79.1%
Muslim	38	13.7%
Protestant	17	6.1%
Adventist	2	.7%
Catholic	1	.4%
Marital status
Single	16	5.8%
Married	200	71.9%
Divorced	22	7.9%
Widowed	40	14.4%
Monthly income
Sufficient	103	37.0%
Insufficient	175	63.0%
Level of education
Unable to read	154	55.4%
Educated	124	45.6%
Occupation
Government worker	62	23.3%
Merchant	41	14.7%
Housewife	34	12.2%
Student	13	4.7%
Labour worker	17	6.1%
Farmer	82	29.5%
Others	29	10.4%
BMI
Normal	253	91.0%
Overweight	22	7.9%
Obese	3	1.1%
Smoking
Yes	8	2.9%
No	270	97.1%
Alcoholism
Yes	22	7.9%
No	256	92.1%
Chat chewing
Yes	1	0.4%
No	277	99.6%