Table 2: Medical history and risk behavior among adult hypertensive patients attending at Ayder comprehensive specialized hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 578).
| Variables | Category | Frequency | Percent |
| Type of Hypertension(HTN) | Systolic HTN | 93 | 16.1% |
| Mixed | 485 | 83.9% | |
| Number drug | One | 343 | 59.3% |
| Two | 218 | 37.7% | |
| Three and above | 17 | 2.9% | |
| Protein urea | YES | 146 | 25.3% |
| NO | 432 | 74.7% | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease | YES | 128 | 22.1% |
| NO | 450 | 77.9% | |
| DM | YES | 163 | 28.2% |
| NO | 415 | 71.8% | |
| Dyslipidaemia | YES | 158 | 27.3% |
| NO | 420 | 72.7% | |
| Alcohol use | YES | 23 | 4.0% |
| NO | 555 | 96.0% | |
| Smoking | YES | 92 | 15.9% |
| NO | 486 | 84.1% | |
| Exercise | YES | 13 | 2.2% |
| NO | 565 | 97.8% | |
| Salt reduce | YES | 176 | 30.4% |
| NO | 402 | 69.6% | |
| BP status | Controlled | 328 | 56.7% |
| Uncontrolled | 250 | 43.3% |