Factors associated with antihypertensive medication use and blood pressure control in a rural area in Bangladesh: baseline data from a cluster randomised control trial

Table 2 Socio-demographic characteristics, smoking status, diabetes, antihypertensive medications use for the total participants and by the intervention status from a cluster RCT in a rural area in Bangladesh

		Total, N = 307		Control, N = 156		Intervention, N = 151		P
		Number	%	n	%	n	%
Sex	Female	154	50.2	74	47.4	80	53.0	0.33
Sex	Male	153	49.8	82	52.6	71	47.0
Age group, years	30-39	46	15.0	19	12.2	27	17.9	0.19
	40-49	65	21.2	35	22.4	30	19.9
	50-59	95	30.9	53	34.0	42	27.8
	60-69	79	25.7	42	26.9	37	24.5
	70-75	22	7.2	7	4.5	15	9.9
Level of Education	No education	99	32.4	48	30.8	51	34.0	0.52
	Primary to high school	148	48.4	75	48.1	73	48.7
	SSC or HSC	43	14.1	22	14.1	21	14.0
	Bachelor or Masters	16	5.2	11	7.1	5	3.3
SES	Poor or very poor	92	30.1	51	32.7	41	27.3	0.31
SES	Middle class	214	69.9	105	67.3	109	72.7
Occupation	Housewife	146	50.5	41	28.3	31	20.7	0.39
	Business	24	8.3	71	49.0	75	50.0
	Labour	7	2.4	23	15.9	30	20.0
	Farmer (Agriculture)	59	20.4	10	6.9	14	9.3
	Employees	53	18.3	121	77.6	124	82.1
Tobacco smoking	Non-smoker	245	79.8	35	22.4	27	17.9	0.32
Tobacco smoking	Current smoker	62	20.2	112	71.8	105	69.5
Diabetes status	No diabetes	217	70.7	19	12.2	22	14.6	0.83
	Diabetes	41	13.4	25	16.0	24	15.9
	Unknown	49	16.0	87	55.8	76	50.3
Medication use	No medication	163	53.1	69	44.2	75	49.7	0.34
Medication use	Medication	144	46.9	20	33.3	12	20.3
Medication types ^a	Amlodipine: Calcium channel blocker	32	22.2	15	25.0	7	11.9	0.08
	Atenolol: Beta blocker	22	15.3	10	16.7	17	28.8
	Amlodipine & Atenolol	27	18.8	9	15.0	14	23.7
	Losartan: Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs)	23	16.0	6	10.0	9	15.3
	Amlodipine & Losartan	15	10.4	74	47.4	80	53.0
Medication dose ^a	Twice per day	7	4.9	4	5.8	3	4.0	0.81
	Once per day	114	79.2	55	79.7	59	78.7
	Irregular	23	16.0	10	14.5	13	17.3

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