Characteristics Hypertension Control Respondents (N) P values*
Yes No
Demographic and Socioeconomic Characteristics:        
Sex
Female
Male
97 (63.8%)
162 (63.8%)
55 (36.2%)
92 (36.2%)
152 (100.0%)
254 (100.0%)
0.994
Age group
Adult age(≤40)
Middle age(41-55)
Old age(≥56)
25 (78.1%)
153 (67.7%)
81 (54.7%)
7 (21.9%)
73 (32.3%)
67 (45.3%)
32 (100.0%)
226 (100.0%)
148 (100.0%)
0.008
Education
No Education
Primary& Secondary
College and Above
48 (64.0%)
151 (62.7%)
60(66.7%)
27 (36.0%)
90 (37.3%)
30(33.3%)
75 (100.0%)
241 (100.0%)
90(1000%)
0795
Work Status/physical activity level
Extremely inactive
Lightly active
Moderately active
Vigorously active
15 (48.5%)
166 (69.5%)
7 (58.3%)
71 (57.3%)
16 (51.5%)
73 (30.5%)
5 (41.7%)
53 (42.7%)
31(100.0%)
239 (100.0%)
12(100.0%)
124(100.0%)
0.029  
Economic Hardship
No
Yes
67(63.3%)
192 (63.0%
34(33.7%)
113 (37.0%)
101(100.0%)
305 (100.0%)
0.539
Clinical Characteristics:
Physical exercise regularly
No
Yes
28(49.1%)
231 (66.2%)
29 (50.9%)
118(33.8%)
57(100.0%)
349(100.0)
0.013
Took Medicine Regularly
No
Yes
176(62.9%)
83(65.9%)
  104 (37.1%
43 (34.1%)
  280(100.0%)
126(100.0%)
0.559
Side Effect of Medicine
No
Yes
251 (66.1)
8 (30.8%)
129 (33.9)
18 (69.2%)
380 (100.0%)
26 (100.0%)
0.000
Forget to take Medicine
No
Yes
198 (66.7%)
61 (56.0%)
99 (33.3%)
48 (44.0%)
297 (100.0%)
109 (100.0%)
0.047
Kidney Disease
No
Yes
204 (68.0%)
55 (51.9%)
96 (32.0%)
51 (48.1%)
300 (100.0%)
106 (100.0)
0.003
Occupational Stress
No
Yes
220 (67.1%)
39 (50.0%)
108 (32.9%)
39 (50.0%)
328 (100.0%)
78 (100.0%)
0.005
Mental Stress
No
Yes
102 (71.3%)
157 (59.7%)
41 (28.7%)
106 (40.3%)
143 (100.0%)
263 (100.0%)
0.020
Salt Intake
No
Yes
173 (62.7%)
86 (66.2%)
103 (33.8%)
44 (33.8%)
276 (100.0%)
130 (100.0%)
0.497
Smoking
In past
At present
Never
40 (64.5%)
35 (59.3%)
184 (64.6%)
  22 (35.5%)
24 (40.7%)
101 (35.4%)
62 (100.0%)
59 (100.0%)
285 (100.0%)
0.742
Total 259 (63.8%) 147 (36.2%) 406 (100.0%)  
*Chi-square test
Table 1: Distribution of socio-demographic characteristics in controlled and uncontrolled hypertensive diabetic patients.
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