Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of included patients (n = 146)
Demographic characteristics#(%) | |
|---|---|
Age | |
≤ 55 | 21 |
56–65 | 44 |
66–75 | 26 |
≥ 75 | 8 |
Gender | |
Male | 48 |
Female | 52 |
Education | |
Low | 22 |
Middle | 32 |
High | 33 |
Very high | 11 |
Employed | |
Yes | 31 |
No | 68 |
Clinical characteristics (Mean (SD)) | |
Years with hypertension | 8.5 (8.8) |
SBP at inclusion | 168.4 (16.3) |
DBP at inclusion | 95.4 (9.8) |
Heart rate | 73.2 (12.2) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.6 (5.6) |
Nr. of prescribed antihypertensive drugs (%) | |
1 | 45 |
2 | 41 |
3 | 11 |
> 3 | 2 |
Medication regimen (%) | |
Once daily | 84 |
Twice daily | 13 |
> twice daily | 3 |