Table 3.

Prevalence of most common risk factors, for both sexes, in 1988 and 2001

	Males			Females
	2001	1988	p	2001	1988	p
Hypertension (%)	52 (60.5%)	33 (20.6%)	<0.001	71 (65.1%)	71 (41.0%)	<0.001
Diabetes (%)	10 (12.0%)	11 (6.9%)	0.065	11 (12.8%)	15 (8.7%)	<0.001
Hypercholesterolemia (%)	36 (43.4%)	101 (63.1%)	<0.001	37 (43.0%)	105 (60.7%)	<0.001
Increased w.c (♂ > 102 cm – ♀ > 88 cm, %)	27 (32.5%)	25 (15.6%)	<0.001	50 (58.1%)	83 (48.0%)	<0.001
Current smokers (%)	37 (44.6%)	73 (45.6%)	0.454	12 (14.0%)	18 (10.4%)	1.000

w.c: waist circumference, ♂: males, ♀: females