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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of respondents

From: Prescribing pattern of anti-hypertensive medications among hypertensive outpatients at selected hospitals of South Gondar Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia: a hospital based cross sectional study

Variables

Variables category

Frequency n (%)

Sex

Female

253 (59.8)

Age (years)

23–30

10 (2.4)

31–40

33 (7.8)

41–50

85 (20.1)

51–60

127 (30)

61–70

96 (22.7)

70+

72 (17.0)

Residence

Urban

267 (63.1)

Rural

156 (36.9)

Comorbidities

Diabetes mellitus

55 (13)

CVDs

50 (11.8)

Dyslipidemia

25 (5.9)

Asthma

21 (5.0)

Arthritis

19 (4.5)

Others a

76 (18)

  1. Abbreviations:CVDs Cardiovascular diseases, n number of patients
  2. a Includes Dyspepsia, Hyperthyroidism, Pneumonia, Epilepsy, Typhoid fever, Chronic kidney disease etc