Female, n (%) | 75 (45.0) |
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Age, years, mean (SD) | 61.4 (9.9) |
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Age range, years | 25–84 |
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Years since diagnosis with hypertension,b n (%) | |
<1 years | 10 (6.1) |
1–5 years | 20 (12.3) |
>5 years | 133 (82.0) |
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Measure own BP at home, n (%) | 86 (52.0) |
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Number of medications for hypertension, mean (SD) | 1.76 (1.06) |
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Number of medications for other conditions, mean (SD) | 4.79 (3.06) |
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Ethnicity,b n (%) | |
White | 160 (97.0) |
Mixed/multiple ethnic groups | 1 (0.6) |
Asian/Asian British | 3 (1.8) |
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British | 1 (0.6) |
Other/rather not say | 0 (0.0) |
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Index of Multiple Deprivation score, mean (SD) | 19.6 (17.1) |
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Deprivation from postcode, quintiles 1–5,a,b n (%) | |
1 | 44 (30.1) |
2 | 34 (23.3) |
3 | 18 (12.3) |
4 | 24 (16.4) |
5 | 26 (17.8) |
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Highest level of education,b n (%) | |
GCSE/O level or equivalent (left school aged 16 years) | 39 (24.1) |
A level or equivalent (left school at aged 18 years) | 17 (10.5) |
Vocational (NVQ) | 18 (11.1) |
University | 79 (49.0) |
Other/rather not say | 9 (5.5) |
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Employment,b n (%) | |
Full-time employment | 36 (22.2) |
Part-time employment | 21 (12.9) |
Homemaker looking after family | 3 (1.9) |
Student in full-time education | 0 (0.0) |
Retired | 99 (61.1) |
Unemployed | 3 (1.9) |