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Background: Hypertension (HTN) as one of the most common and important cardiovascular risk factors has been the leading the cause of stroke, congestive heart failure, and other cardiovascular diseases. This study is conducted to determine Factors associated with poor blood pressure control among hypertensive patients. Materials and Methods: 390 hypertensive patients aged 30 years and above participated in this cross-sectional study. To select the sample, simple random sampling technique was used. Data was collected by the questionnaire and techniques of face-to-face interview, record review, and direct measurements. Data were entered into SPSS software and have analyzed by Chi-square and Multivariate logistic regression in the significance level of 0.05 Results: Most of the respondents were within the aged group of 70 and above, married, illiterate and housewives. The factors associated with poor blood pressure control were the level of physical activity (OR = 131.30; 95%CI 34.52 - 499.33), BMI (OR = 5.91; 95%C11.97 - 17.78), blood pressure control during the last visit(OR = 17.42; 95%CI 8.02-37.80), number of anti-hypertensive drugs used(OR=11.32;95%CI 4.08-31.42), compliance with medication (OR = 3.62; 95%C11.74-7.55), andinterval between doctor'svisits(OR = 5.82; 95%CI 2.36-14.35). Conclusion: It should be performed the effective interventions to improve level of physical activity BMI, blood pressure control during the last visit, number of anti-hypertensive drugs used, compliance with medication, and interval between doctor's visits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]