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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of included patients

From: Adherence to antihypertensive fixed-dose combination among Egyptian patients presenting with essential hypertension

Parameters

 

Patients

Age, year

 

55.8 ± 10.9

Gender

Male

1040 (52%)

Female

960 (48%

Height, cm

 

169.1 ± 8.3

Weight, Kg

 

89.5 ± 16.2

Body mass index, Kg/m2

 

31.4 ± 5.9

Blood pressure control

SBP < 140 mmHg

847 (42.4%)

DBP < 90 mmHg

1109 (55.5%)

BP < 140/90 mmHg

746 (37.3%)

Ethnicity

Middle eastern

1665 (83.3%)

White/caucasian

300 (15%)

Black

35 (1.8%)

Educational level

College/university

1160 (58%)

Primary/secondary school

669 (33.5%)

Illiterate

171 (8.6%)

Employment status

Full time

860 (43%)

Retired

355 (17.8%)

Housekeeper

336 (16.8%)

Not employed

246 (12.3%)

Part time

203 (10.2%)

Marital status

Married

1616 (80.8%)

Widowed

248 (12.4%)

Divorced

71 (3.6%)

Single

65 (3.3%)

Patient daily physical activity/exercise level

Inactive

451 (22.6%)

Low

676 (33.8%)

Moderate

667 (33.4%)

High

206 (10.3%)

Patient have any diet control/regimen for hypertension

Yes

641 (32.15%)

No

1359 (68%)

Smoking status

Never

1503 (75.1%)

Currently

299 (15%)

Quit

198 (9.9%)

  1. Data were presented as mean± SD for continuous data and frequency (%) for categorical variables Percentages. SBP; systolic blood pressure, DBP; diastolic blood pressure, BP; blood pressure