Table 3.
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors among CKD patients stratified by the country of the participants, Human Heredity for Health in Africa Kidney Disease Research network
| Cardivascular risk factors | Country |
χ2 | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria |
Ghana |
Total |
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| n (%) | n (%) | N (%) | |||
| Age | |||||
| <50 | 714 (57.0) | 494 (52.7) | 1208 (55.2) | 3.937 | 0.047 |
| Hypertension | 442 (35.5) | 599 (67.2) | 1041 (48.8) | 208.772 | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 177 (15.1) | 163 (24.1) | 340 (18.4) | 23.251 | <0.001 |
| Elevated cholesterol | 39 (3.2) | 83 (9.9) | 122 (5.9) | 40.367 | <0.001 |
| Smoking | 93 (7.4) | 105 (11.2) | 198 (9.0) | 9.284 | 0.002 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
| <18.5 | 104 (8.5) | 97 (11.6) | 201 (9.8) | 14.325 | 0.001 |
| 18.5–24.9 | 617 (50.5) | 356 (42.5) | 973 (47.3) | ||
| ≥25.0 | 500 (41.0) | 384 (45.9) | 884 (43.0) | ||
| Waist circumferencea (cm) | |||||
| High risk | 615 (51.3) | 123 (59.1) | 738 (52.5) | 4.323 | 0.038 |
| Normal | 583 (48.7) | 85 (40.9) | 669 (47.5) | ||
BMI, body mass index.
a
Waist circumference (cm) <90 for men and <80 for women: normal; ≥90 for men and ≥80 for women: high risk.