Research Article
Pulmonary Function Tests in Hypertensive Patients Attending Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of study participants at Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017.
| Variable | Hypertensive | patients | Controls | Total | ( N ) | (N) | (N) | % |
| Sex | | | | | Female | 32 | 32 | 64 | 52.5 | Male | 29 | 29 | 58 | 47.5 |
| Age(years) | | | | | 30-34 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 35-39 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 40-44 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 45-49 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 16 | 50-54 | 21 | 21 | 41 | 33.6 | 55-59 | 15 | 12 | 27 | 22 | 60-64 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 11.4 |
| Marital status | | | | | Single | 7 | 4 | 11 | 9 | Married | 44 | 50 | 94 | 77 | Divorced | 8 | 4 | 12 | 9.9 | Widowed | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4.1 |
| Educational status | | | | | Illiterate | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1.6 | Read &write(informal) | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7.4 | Primary school (1-4) | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3.3 | Primary school (5-8) | 21 | 15 | 36 | 29.5 | Secondary school (9-12) | 20 | 23 | 43 | 35.2 | Certificate | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4.9 | Diploma & above | 9 | 13 | 22 | 18 |
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