Research Article
Blood Pressure Control and Associated Factors among Hypertension Comorbid Type 2 Diabetic Patients in Southeast Ethiopia
Table 2
Baseline clinical characteristics of study participants at Bale Zone selected public hospitals, Oromia Region, Ethiopia, 2020 (n = 378).
| Variables | Frequency | Percentage |
| Family history of hypertension | Yes | 202 | 53.4 | No | 176 | 46.6 |
| Family history of diabetes | Yes | 183 | 48.4 | No | 195 | 51.6 |
| Time since diabetes diagnosis (years) | <5 | 198 | 52.4 | 5–10 | 116 | 30.7 | >10 | 64 | 16.9 |
| Time since hypertension diagnosis (years) | <5 | 197 | 52.1 | 5–10 | 106 | 28.1 | >10 | 75 | 19.8 |
| Frequency of follow-up | Monthly | 266 | 70.4 | Every two months | 108 | 28.6 | Every three months | 4 | 1.1 |
| Blood glucose | Controlled | 128 | 33.9 | Uncontrolled | 250 | 66.1 |
| BMI | Normal | 182 | 48.1 | Overweight | 176 | 46.6 | Obese | 20 | 5.3 |
| Comorbidity | Asthma | 35 | 9.3 | Cardiovascular disease | 61 | 16.1 | Chronic kidney disease | 50 | 13.2 | Others | 14 | 3.7 | Do not have | 218 | 57.7 |
| Stressed | Yes | 40 | 10.6 | No | 338 | 89.4 |
| Adherence to an antihypertensive drug | Nonadherent | 326 | 86.2 | Adherent | 52 | 13.8 |
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