Table 2 Adherence to healthy behaviors among hypertensive subjects by awareness of hypertension status*.

From: Healthy lifestyle behaviors and control of hypertension among adult hypertensive patients

Adherence to healthy behaviors	Not aware (n=1213)		Aware (n=1364)		P-value	Total (n=2577)
Adherence to healthy behaviors	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	P-value	%	95% CI
Fruits
Poor	44.79	38.76–50.82	46.24	40.90–51.56	0.603	45.36	40.74–49.96
Moderate	19.31	16.25–22.36	20.72	16.91–24.53		19.86	17.55–22.17
Good	35.90	30.69–41.09	33.04	28.09–37.97		34.78	30.45–39.11
Vegetables
Poor	51.72	45.66–57.77	51.45	44.71–58.19	0.581	51.62	46.17–57.05
Moderate	22.63	19.24–26.01	20.38	16.29–24.46		21.74	19.16–24.33
Good	25.65	19.83–31.47	28.17	21.71–34.63		26.64	21.26–32.01
Dairy products
Poor	46.90	40.25–53.55	47.53	41.54–53.51	0.801	47.15	41.33–52.95
Moderate	30.30	25.67–34.91	31.27	26.58–35.96		30.68	27.01–34.34
Good	22.80	16.80–28.79	21.20	16.50–25.88		22.17	17.29–27.06
Fast-food
Poor	23.38	19.34–27.42	22.01	18.10–25.92	0.905	22.84	19.50–26.19
Moderate	16.98	14.14–19.82	21.74	18.49–24.94		18.84	16.70–20.98
Good	59.63	54.13–65.13	56.24	51.80–60.68		58.31	54.41–62.21
Sweet soft drinks
Poor	41.79	37.56–46.03	41.06	36.59–45.54	0.298	41.51	38.29–44.73
Moderate	25.19	22.12–28.27	27.33	23.40–31.26		26.03	23.38–28.67
Good	33.01	28.19–37.82	31.59	27.73–35.44		32.45	29.08–35.82
Unsaturated oil
Poor	41.11	34.75–47.46	39.76	32.79–46.72	0.653	40.58	34.66–46.50
Good	58.89	52.53–65.24	60.24	53.27–67.21	0.653	59.41	53.49–65.33
Salt intake
Poor	56.92	50.83–63.01	43.89	37.62–50.15	0.005	51.83	46.53–57.12
Good	43.08	36.99–49.16	56.11	49.84–62.37	0.005	48.17	42.87–53.46
Physical activity
Poor	31.77	26.24–37.29	38.46	31.54–45.37	0.016	34.38	28.81–39.94
Moderate	31.21	26.80–35.61	30.92	25.27–36.56		31.10	26.98–35.21
Good	37.03	32.13–41.91	30.62	26.92–34.30		34.52	30.79–38.25
Smoking
Smoker	14.20	10.98–17.41	10.03	7.43–12.62	0.043	12.57	10.37–14.77
Non-smoker	85.80	82.58–89.01	89.97	87.37–92.56	0.043	87.43	85.22–89.30
BMI
Poor	70.96	66.42–75.48	75.41	71.08–79.74	0.166	72.70	69.53–75.86
Good	29.04	24.51–33.57	24.59	20.25–28.92	0.166	27.30	24.13–30.46
Total lifestyle score
Poor	44.22	38.03–50.41	43.91	38.40–49.41	0.885	44.10	38.92–49.28
Moderate	27.77	23.32–32.23	26.85	23.11–30.58		27.42	24.11–30.72
Good	27.79	22.35–33.64	29.24	23.62–34.86		28.48	23.74–33.22

CI; confidence interval. Values are reported as weighted percentage (Data were weighted based on the 2011 Iranian census). *Fruits (poor: eating no fruit per day, moderate: 1 serving unit per day, good: more than 2 serving unit per day); vegetables (poor: eating no vegetables per day, moderate: 1 serving unit per day, good: more than 2 serving unit per day); dairy products (poor: drinking ≤ 1 unit per day, moderate: drinking 2 units per day, good: drinking ≥ 3 units per day); fast food (poor: eating ≥ 2 days a week, moderate: eating 1 day a week, good: eating no fast food per week); soft drinks (poor: ≥ 2 days a week, moderate: drinking 1 day a week, good: no drinking per week); unsaturated oil (binary covariate, poor: no, good: yes); salt intake (poor: using salt with daily food, good: not using with daily food); physical activity (poor: < 30 minute per week, moderate: 30–180 minute per week, good: more than 180 minute per week); smoking (poor: smoker, good: non-smoker); BMI (poor: overweight, good: normal weight).

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Table 2 Adherence to healthy behaviors among hypertensive subjects by awareness of hypertension status*.

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