Exploration of Medicine

Table 5

Differences in hypertensive medication adherence by one-way ANOVA

Variable	Sum of squares	df	Mean square	F-value	P-value
Social status	Between groups	3	17.035	1.671	0.141
Social status	Within groups	242	9.653	1.671	0.141
Educational level	Between groups	4	14.542	1.06	0.02^*
Educational level	Within groups	241	9.659	1.06	0.02^*
Monthly income	Between groups	3	9.914	1.42	0.001^*
Monthly income	Within groups	242	9.703	1.42	0.001^*
Smoking	Between groups	2	14.603	1.35	0.12
Smoking	Within groups	243	9.670	1.35	0.12
Using medications with/without prescriptions	Between groups	2	2.346	0.314	0.54
Using medications with/without prescriptions	Within groups	243	9.740	0.314	0.54
Who is providing the medication	Between groups	2	68.939	5.17	0.04^*
Who is providing the medication	Within groups	243	9.422	5.17	0.04^*
Cost of medication	Between groups	2	49.759	3.30	0.001^*
Cost of medication	Within groups	243	9.514	3.30	0.001^*

^* P-value significant level < 0.05