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Table 1 Distribution of baseline socio-demographic characteristics of participants

From: Patient adherence to antihypertensive medications in upper Egypt: a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Treatment adherence

p value

Non-adherent

Adherent

Age

  

< 0.001*

< 40

32 (14.3%)

192 (85.7%)

40-65

436 (45.6%)

520 (54.4%)

> 65

836 (67.4%)

404 (32.6%)

Gender

  

< 0.001*

Male

664 (45.5%)

796 (54.5%)

Female

640 (66.7%)

320 (33.3%)

Education level

  

< 0.001*

Illiterate

560 (66.67%)

280 (33.33%)

Primary/secondary

524 (50.58%)

512 (49.42%)

Higher

220 (40.44%)

324 (59.56%)

Income

  

< 0.001*

Low

768 (69.1%)

344 (30.9%)

Moderate

400 (50.5%)

392 (49.5%)

High

136 (26.4%)

380 (73.6%)

Comorbidities

  

< 0.001*

No

208 (33.3%)

416 (66.7%)

Yes

1096 (61%)

700 (39%)

No. Of antihypertensive pills

  

One

668 (44.7%)

828 (55.3%)

< 0.001*

Two

356 (61%)

228 (39%)

Three or more

280 (82.4%)

60 (17.6%)

Marital status

  

0.18

Unmarried

480 (53.3%)

420 (46.7%)

Married

824 (54.2%)

696 (45.8%)

Residence

  

< 0.001*

Rural

884 (59.25%)

608 (40.75%)

Urban

420 (45.3%)

508 (54.7%)

Occupation

  

0.42

Unemployed

440 (54.46%)

368 (45.54%)

Employed

864 (53.6%)

748 (46.4%)

  1. Note: Significance of difference was measured by the chi-square test
  2. *Significance at the 0.05 level or less