The Prevalence of Uncontrolled Hypertension among Patients Taking Antihypertensive Medications and the Associated Risk Factors in North Palestine: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 5

Relationship between HTN control and selected risk factors after adjustment for confounding factors.

Variables	Category	Hypertension		Odds ratio	CI	P value
		Uncontrolled	Controlled
Diabetes	Diabetic	83 (69.2%)	37 (30.8%)	1.905	1.093–3.318	0.010
	Nondiabetic	53 (54.1%)	45 (45.9%)
BMI (kg/m^2)	≥30	56 (70.9%)	23 (29.1%)	2.451	1.145–5.247	0.009
	25–30	66 (61.7%)	41 (38.3%)
	≤25	14 (43.8%)	18 (56.2%)
Smoking	Smoker	49 (75.4%)	16 (24.6%)	4.068	1.214–4.445	<0.0001
	Nonsmoker	87 (56.9%)	66 (43.1%)
Number of antihypertensive drugs	Mono therapy	78 (69.1%)	35 (30.9)	1.860	1.038–3.143	0.004
	Combination therapy	58 (55.3%)	47 (44.7%)

CI: confidence interval = 95%. P value of 0.05 or less was considered statistically significant.