Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Treatment Practices of Known Adult Hypertensive Patients in Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Prevalence of hypertension according to the sociodemographic characteristics.

Variable	Total number	Hypertensives (𝑁=542)% (𝑛)	𝑃 value
Gender	(𝑛−4719)
Male	2323	10.2 (236)	.005
Female	2396	12.8 (306)
Age (years)	(𝑛=4719)		<.001
15–24	1058	1.8 (19)
25–34	1121	5.1 (57)
35–44	1163	10.1 (117)
45–54	836	22.1 (185)
55–64	541	30.3 (164)
Region	(𝑛=4719)
Central	1112	15.3 (170)	<.001
Eastern	706	11.9 (84)
Northern	452	10.6 (48)
Southern	998	7.6 (76)
Western	1451	11.3 (164)
Work	(𝑛=4713)
Government	1371	9.1 (124)	<.001
Non government	179	10.7 (19)
Self employed	275	12.9 (35)
Students	649	1.3 (8)
House-maker	1759	15.4 (269)
Retired	308	23.8 (73)
Unemployed (able)	181	3.4 (6)
Unemployed; (not able)	29	26.7 (8)