Table 5 Distribution of the medication possession ratio and appropriate medication adherence according to the variables

70.9 (36.4)

9,640 (39.4)

14,809 (60.6)

24,449 (100)

Gender

Male

69.1 (37.1)

<0.001

6,919 (41.6)

9,713 (58.4)

16,632 (68.0)

<0.001

Female

74.7 (34.5)

2,721 (34.8)

5,096 (65.2)

7,817 (32.0)

Age group

30–39 years

57.9 (39.3)

<0.001

1,306 (54.9)

1,071 (45.1)

2,377 (9.7)

<0.001

40–49 years

70.4 (36.2)

2,939 (40.4)

4,342 (59.6)

7,281 (29.8)

50–59 years

73.2 (35.4)

3,180 (36.3)

5,577 (63.7)

8,757 (35.8)

60–69 years

74.2 (35.1)

1,555 (35.5)

2,832 (64.5)

4,387 (17.9)

≥70 year

69.8 (37.5)

660 (40.1)

987 (59.9)

1,647 (6.7)

Family history of

hypertension

Not present

71.7 (35.9)

<0.001

4,870 (38.7)

7,716 (61.3)

12,586 (77.8)

<0.001

Present

74.2 (34.8)

1,259 (35.0)

2,336 (65.0)

3,595 (22.2)

Smoking status

Nonsmoker

72.6 (35.6)

<0.001

4,415 (37.5)

7,358 (62.5)

11,773 (48.2)

<0.001

Ex-smoker

73.2 (35.6)

2,003 (36.2)

3,534 (63.8)

5,537 (22.7)

Smoker

66.2 (37.9)

3,220 (45.2)

3,909 (54.8)

7,129 (29.2)

Drinking frequency

(per week)

Nondrinking

73.1 (35.4)

<.0001

3,578 (36.6)

6,209 (63.4)

9,787 (41.2)

<0.001

1–2 times

69.6 (36.9)

3,495 (40.9)

5,042 (59.1)

8,537 (36.0)

More than 3 times

69.3 (36.9)

2,248 (41.6)

3,163 (58.4)

5,411 (22.8)

Insurance type

Regional

70.5 (36.4)

0.340

2,512 (39.9)

3,791 (60.1)

6,303 (25.8)

0.504

Employment-based

71.0 (36.4)

7,055 (39.3)

10,919 (60.7)

17,974 (73.5)

Medical aid

70.3 (34.7)

73 (42.4)

99 (57.6)

172 (0.7)

BMI level

Normal

69.7 (36.9)

<0.001

2,341 (41.0)

3,367 (59.0)

5,708 (23.4)

<0.001

Overweight

71.9 (36.1)

2,341 (38.0)

3,811 (62.0)

6,152 (25.2)

Obese

71.8 (35.9)

4,036 (38.5)

6,461 (61.5)

10,497 (42.9)

Extremely obese

66.4 (37.8)

922 (44.1)

1,169 (55.9)

2,091 (8.6)

Hypertension level

Hypertension stage 1

69.3 (37.1)

<0.001

4,052 (41.1)

5,809 (58.9)

9,861 (40.3)

<0.001

Hypertension stage 2

71.9 (35.8)

5,587 (38.3)

9,000 (61.7)

14,587 (59.7)

Blood glucose level

Normal

70.9 (36.4)

0.228

8,814 (39.4)

13,554 (60.6)

22,368 (91.5)

0.670

Mild

69.9 (37.2)

331 (39.3)

511 (60.7)

842 (3.4)

Moderate

69.6 (36.5)

351 (41.0)

504 (59.0)

855 (3.5)

Severe

73.9 (33.9)

144 (37.5)

240 (62.5)

384 (1.6)

Blood LDL level

Normal

70.6 (36.6)

0.355

5,590 (39.5)

8,547 (60.5)

14,137 (58.9)

0.716

Mild

71.3 (36.2)

2,474 (39.3)

3,828 (60.7)

6,302 (26.3)

Severe

71.4 (35.9)

1,381 (38.8)

2,177 (61.2)

3,558 (14.8)

Time of the first visit to a medical institution (days)

Within 90

69.7 (37.0)

0.301

7,624 (40.7)

11,108 (59.3)

18,732 (76.6)

<0.001

91–180

75.1 (33.7)

779 (34.6)

1,474 (65.4)

2,253 (9.2)

After 181

74.5 (34.2)

1,237 (35.7)

2,227 (64.3)

3,464 (14.2)