IJCS | Volume 33, Nº2, March / April 2020

124 Table 1 - Epidemiological, anthropometric and clinical profile Variables Frequency (%)/ mean (SD) General Good adherence Poor adherence p value (< 0.05) Gender (n = 216) (n = 135) (n = 28) 0.6494 Female 73.14% 75.5% 71.42% Male 26.85% 24.4% 28.58% Age (years) (n = 212) 63.49 (11.57) (n = 127) 63.91 (11.44) (n = 25) 62 (55 -69.5) 0.4292 Education (n = 212) (n = 134) (n = 28) 0.6077 Illiterate 11.3% 11.19% 14.28% Incomplete primary school 13.6% 13.43% 17.85% Complete primary school 8.9% 8.95% 10.71% Incomplete middle school 30.6% 28.35% 17.85% Complete middle school 5.1% 5.22% 3.57% Incomplete high school 7.5% 6.71% 17.85% Complete high school 18.8% 23.88% 10.71% Vocational training 1.4% 0% 7.14% Incomplete higher education 0.4% 0% 0% Graduated 1.8% 2.23% 0% Ethnicity (n = 215) (n = 134) (n = 28) 0.4479 White 8.37% 7.46% 14.28% Black 53.48% 55.22% 50% Brown 38.13% 36.56% 35.71% BMI (kg/m²) (n = 165) (n = 118) (n = 26) 0.3403 Low weight (< 18,5) 2% 1.69% 0% Ideal (18,5 – 24,9) 13% 12.71% 15.38% Overweight (25 – 29.9) 35% 34.74% 23.07% Obesity I (30 – 34,5) 34% 34.74% 34.61% Obesity II (35 – 39,9) 12% 10.16% 19.23% Obesity III (> 40) 5% 5.93% 7.69% Abdominal circumference (cm) (n = 136) (n = 96) (n = 23) 0.9888 Normal ( ♂ ≤ 102; ♀ ≤ 88) 22% 21.87% 21.73% Increased ( ♂ > 102; ♀ > 88) 77% 78.12% 78.26% Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) (n = 160) 149.5 (133 – 166.8) (n = 111) 149.5 (130 – 166) (n = 26) 152.7 (26.91) 0.6893 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) (n = 160) 88 (77 – 100.4) (n = 111) 87 (77 – 98.88) (n = 26) 90 (16.99) 0.6673 Cont. Table 1 - Epidemiological, anthropometric and clinical profile Araújo & Aras Junior Therapeutic adherence and resistant hypertension Int J Cardiovasc Sci. 2020; 33(2):121-130 Original Article