Table 3 Relation of Gender, Educational level, Follow-up, BMI, and duration of disease to Taking medications regularly

Gender

 Male

72

(82.8)

15

(17.2)

87

(100.0)

 Female

101

(87.8)

14

(12.2)

115

(100.0)

Educational Level

 Illiterate

60

(88.2)

8

(11.8)

68

(100.0)

 Primary School

40

(83.3)

8

(16.7)

48

(100.0)

 Intermediate School

26

(89.7)

3

(10.3)

29

(100.0)

 High school

12

(85.7)

2

(14.3)

14

(100.0)

 College& postgraduate

34

(80.9)

8

(19.1)

42

(100.0)

Visitingphysician for follow-up

 Less than four times a year

43

(72.9)

16

(27.1)

59

(100.0)

 Four times a year

52

(91.2)

5

(8.8)

57

(100.0)

 More than four times a year

78

(90.7)

8

(9.3)

86

(100.0)

BMI

 18 and less

1

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

1

(100.0)

 18.5 – 24.9

41

(93.2)

3

(6.8)

44

(100.0)

 25 – 29.9

93

(83.8)

18

(16.2)

111

(100.0)

 30 and more

38

(82.6)

8

(17.4)

46

(100.0)

Duration

 Less than a year

3

(42.9)

4

(57.1)

7

(100.0)

 1 – 5 years

59

(83.1)

12

(16.9)

71

(100.0)

 6 – 10 years

61

(92.4)

5

(7.6)

66

(100.0)

 11 – 15 years

33

(84.6)

6

(15.4)

39

(100.0)

 16 – 20 years

13

(92.9)

1

(7.1)

14

(100.0)

 21 – 25 years

2

(66.7)

1

(33.3)

3

(100.0)

 26 – 30 years

2

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

2

(100.0)