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2022
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Tab 2
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Research Article
The Prevalence of Uncontrolled Hypertension among Patients Taking Antihypertensive Medications and the Associated Risk Factors in North Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 2
Medical and health characteristics of the study sample.
Variables
Category
Frequency
Percentage
Smoking
Smoker
65
29.8
Nonsmoker
153
70.2
Diabetes
Diabetic
120
55
Nondiabetic
98
45
Salt restriction habit
No salt restriction
93
42.7
Salt restriction
125
57.3
BMI (kg/m
2
)
≥30
79
36.2
25–30
107
49.1
≤25
32
14.7
Number of antihypertensive drugs
Mono therapy
113
51.8
Combination therapy
105
48.2
Total
218
100
n
= 218.