Table 2: Medical history and risk behavior among adult hypertensive patients attending at Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 578).
Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
Type of Hypertension(HTN) | Systolic HTN | 93 | 16.1% |
Mixed | 485 | 83.9% | |
Number drug | One | 343 | 59.3% |
Two | 218 | 37.7% | |
Three and above | 17 | 2.9% | |
Protein urea | YES | 146 | 25.3% |
NO | 432 | 74.7% | |
Chronic Kidney Disease | YES | 128 | 22.1% |
NO | 450 | 77.9% | |
DM | YES | 163 | 28.2% |
NO | 415 | 71.8% | |
Dyslipidaemia | YES | 158 | 27.3% |
NO | 420 | 72.7% | |
Alcohol use | YES | 23 | 4.0% |
NO | 555 | 96.0% | |
Smoking | YES | 92 | 15.9% |
NO | 486 | 84.1% | |
Exercise | YES | 13 | 2.2% |
NO | 565 | 97.8% | |
Salt reduce | YES | 176 | 30.4% |
NO | 402 | 69.6% | |
BP status | Controlled | 328 | 56.7% |
Uncontrolled | 250 | 43.3% |