Table 1.
Characteristics of respondents: Malaysian adults aged ≥18 years (n 32 703), Third National Health and Morbidity Survey, 2006
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | 95 % CI | n | % | 95 % CI | |
| Residential area | ||||||
| Urban | 8616 | 63·1 | 62·2, 63·9 | 10811 | 66·4 | 65·7, 67·1 |
| Rural | 6364 | 36·9 | 36·1, 37·8 | 6912 | 33·6 | 32·9, 34·3 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Malay | 8267 | 54·6 | 53·0, 56·1 | 9692 | 54·1 | 52·6, 55·6 |
| Chinese | 3091 | 22·1 | 20·8, 23·5 | 3545 | 21·4 | 20·1, 22·7 |
| Indian | 1158 | 8·3 | 7·6, 9·0 | 1559 | 9·4 | 8·6, 10·2 |
| Other Indigenous | 1700 | 10·2 | 9·3, 11·0 | 2047 | 10·3 | 9·5, 11·1 |
| Others | 764 | 4·9 | 4·2, 5·7 | 880 | 4·8 | 4·3, 5·4 |
| Age group (years) | ||||||
| 18–29 | 4116 | 27·4 | 26·5, 28·3 | 4660 | 26·4 | 25·6, 27·2 |
| 30–39 | 3052 | 20·4 | 19·6, 21·1 | 3755 | 21·1 | 20·5, 21·8 |
| 40–49 | 3189 | 21·3 | 20·6, 22·0 | 4062 | 23·0 | 22·3, 23·6 |
| 50–59 | 2534 | 17·1 | 16·4, 17·8 | 2940 | 16·7 | 16·1, 17·3 |
| 60–69 | 1404 | 9·3 | 8·8, 9·8 | 1526 | 8·5 | 8·1, 9·0 |
| ≥69 | 685 | 4·5 | 4·2, 4·9 | 780 | 4·3 | 4·0, 4·7 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | ||||||
| <23·0 | 6363 | 41·7 | 40·8, 42·6 | 6843 | 38·6 | 37·8, 39·4 |
| 23·0–24·99 | 2713 | 18·3 | 17·6, 18·9 | 2648 | 15·1 | 14·5, 15·6 |
| 25·0–27·49 | 2723 | 18·4 | 17·8, 19·1 | 2816 | 15·8 | 15·3, 16·4 |
| 27·5–29·99 | 1678 | 11·4 | 10·9, 12·0 | 2297 | 12·9 | 12·4, 13·4 |
| ≥30·0 | 1503 | 10·2 | 9·7, 10·7 | 3119 | 17·6 | 17·0, 18·2 |
| Diabetes* | 1726 | 11·8 | 11·2, 12·4 | 2001 | 11·4 | 10·9, 11·9 |
| Hypertension† | 5785 | 38·4 | 37·6, 39·3 | 6752 | 37·6 | 36·9, 38·4 |
| Hypercholesterolaemia‡ | 2726 | 19·8 | 19·0, 20·5 | 4046 | 24·4 | 23·6, 25·1 |
| At least one CRF§ | 7265 | 52·5 | 51·6, 53·4 | 8520 | 51·1 | 50·2, 51·9 |
CRF, cardiovascular risk factor.
*Diabetes defined as fasting blood glucose ≥6·1 mmol/l or known diabetes.
†Hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg or known hypertension.
‡Hypercholesterolaemia defined as total cholesterol ≥5·2 mmol/l or known hypercholesterolaemia.
§Diabetes or hypertension or hypercholesterolaemia.