Table 2.
Overall Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in the study population, Human Heredity for Health in Africa Kidney Disease Research Network
| Cardivascular risk factors | Prevalence n (%[CI]) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Control | P-value | |
| Hypertension | 1909 (52.6 [51.0–54.2]) | 1591 (39.2 [37.7–40.7]) | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 714 (20.7 [19.4–22.1]) | 474 (12.4 [11.4–13.4]) | <0.001 |
| Elevated cholesterol | 271 (9.9 [8.8–11.0]) | 199 (6.5 [5.6–7.4]) | <0.001 |
| Smoking | 324 (8.2 [7.4–9.1]) | 310 (7.0 [6.3–7.8%]) | 0.038 |
| BMI (kg/m2)a | |||
| <18.5 | 356 (9.6 [8.7–10.6]) | 254 (5.9 [5.2–6.6]) | <0.001 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 1727 (46.6 [44.9–48.2]) | 1902 (44.2 [42.7–47.7]) | |
| ≥25.0 | 1624 (43.8 [42.2–45.4]) | 2143 (49.8 [43.3–51.3]) | |
| Waist circumference (cm)b | |||
| High risk | 1377 (50.8 [48.9–52.7]) | 1839 (59.3 [57.6–61.0]) | <0.001 |
| Normal | 1335 (49.2 [47.3–51.1]) | 1262 (40.7 [38.9–42.4]) | |
BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval.
a
BMI(kg/m2) <18.5: underweight, 18.5–24.9: normal weight, ≥25.0: overweight or obesity.
b
Waist circumference (cm) <90 for men and <80 for women: normal; ≥90 for men and ≥80 for women: high risk.