The Prevalence of Uncontrolled Hypertension among Patients Taking Antihypertensive Medications and the Associated Risk Factors in North Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Relationship of medical and health variables with HTN control applying the Chi-square test.
Variables
Category
Hypertension
X2
P value
Uncontrolled
Controlled
Diabetes
Diabetic
83 (69.2%)
37 (30.8%)
5.231
0.025
Nondiabetic
53 (54.1%)
45 (45.9%)
Salt restriction habit
No salt restriction
62 (66.7%)
31 (33.3%)
1.267
0.163
Salt restriction
74 (59.2%)
51 (40.8%)
BMI (kg/m2)
≥30
56 (70.9%)
23 (29.1%)
7.191
0.027
25–30
66 (61.7%)
41 (38.3%)
≤25
14 (43.8%)
18 (56.2%)
Smoking
Smoker
49 (75.4%)
16 (24.6%)
1.741
0.210
Nonsmoker
87 (56.9%)
66 (43.1%)
Number of antihypertensive drugs
Mono therapy
78 (69.1%)
35 (30.9)
4.410
0.037
Combination therapy
58 (55.3%)
47 (44.7%)
p value of 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant.
