Table I.
Percentage of the Study Population and Age‐Standardized Percentages of Participants With Good, Medium, and Poor Antihypertensive Medication Adherence in an Urban Clinic Setting, by Demographics and Comorbidities
| Level of Medication Adherence, % | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| %of Population (n=295) | Good ( n=105) | Medium (n=106) | Poor (n=84) | p† | |
| Age group, y | |||||
| ≤50 | 32.2 | 29.5 | 32.6 | 37.9 | |
| 51–60 | 30.5 | 35.6 | 33.3 | 31.1 | |
| >60 | 37.3 | 40.9 | 40.9 | 18.2 | .005 |
| Race | |||||
| Black | 88.8 | 36.1 | 33.3 | 30.6 | |
| Nonblack | 11.2 | 33.1 | 58.5 | 8.4 | .29 |
| Sex | |||||
| Men | 20.7 | 31.6 | 35.8 | 32.6 | |
| Women | 79.3 | 36.8 | 35.9 | 27.3 | .35 |
| Education | |||||
| <High school | 38.6 | 34.7 | 35.5 | 29.8 | |
| ≥High school | 61.4 | 35.7 | 37.6 | 26.7 | .67 |
| Income per month, $ | |||||
| <500 | 22.4 | 28.4 | 39.2 | 32.4 | |
| 500–1000 | 52.5 | 35.4 | 37.4 | 27.2 | |
| >1000 | 25.1 | 43.0 | 31.2 | 25.9 | .10 |
| Dependents | |||||
| Yes | 42.7 | 27.4 | 37.6 | 35.0 | |
| No | 57.3 | 43.4 | 34.9 | 21.7 | .001 |
| Diabetes | |||||
| Yes | 34.9 | 37.2 | 33.5 | 29.3 | |
| No | 65.1 | 34.4 | 37.8 | 27.8 | .84 |
| Heart attack and stroke | |||||
| Yes | 14.6 | 46.1 | 34.5 | 19.5 | |
| No | 85.4 | 33.9 | 36.3 | 29.8 | .10 |
| Family history of hypertension | |||||
| Yes | 92.2 | 34.3 | 37.7 | 28.0 | |
| No | 7.8 | 50.9 | 15.1 | 34.0 | .53 |
| Cigarette smoking | |||||
| Current | 18.6 | 34.3 | 28.1 | 37.6 | |
| Former | 34.6 | 37.2 | 41.3 | 21.6 | .13 |
| Never | 46.8 | 35.0 | 35.7 | 29.3 | .41 |
| Blood pressure knowledge | |||||
| Low | 30.3 | 37.5 | 32.2 | 30.8 | |
| Medium | 39.1 | 35.5 | 25.4 | 26.7 | |
| High | 37.6 | 36.0 | 26.4 | 27.6 | .25 |
| *Percentages of medication adherence levels sum to 100% for each category of participant characteristics. †The reported P values were age‐adjusted for all comparisons. | |||||