Table 3.
Prevalence of risk factors and coronary heart disease in the study population. Percentages for 25-64 years are directly age standardised to 1991 population of England and Wales
| Condition or risk factor* | Men
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Women
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age 25-44 (n=128)
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Age 45-64 (n=194)
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Age 25-64 (n=322)
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Age 25-44 (n=112)
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Age 45-64 (n=207)
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Age 25-64 (n=319)
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| No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | No | % (95% CI) | ||||||
| Diabetes | 0 | 8 | 4.4 (0.5 to 7.3) | 8 | 1.9 (0.7 to 4.0) | 3 | 2.7 (0.6 to 7.6) | 5 | 2.4 (0.7 to 5.6) | 8 | 2.6 (0.9 to 4.3) | ||||||
| Hypertension (1) | 11 | 8.6 (3.7 to 13.5) | 51 | 26.3 (20.1 to 32.5) | 62 | 15.4 (11.5 to 19.3) | 2 | 1.8 (0.2 to 6.3) | 36 | 17.4 (12.2 to 22.6) | 38 | 7.8 (4.9 to 10.7) | |||||
| Hypertension (2) | 21 | 16.4 (10.0 to 22.8) | 84 | 43.3 (36.3 to 50.3) | 105 | 26.4 (21.6 to 31.2) | 3 | 2.7 (0.5 to 7.6) | 58 | 28.0 (21.9 to 34.1) | 61 | 12.2 (8.6 to 15.8) | |||||
| Current smoker | 48 | 37.5 (29.1 to 45.9) | 61 | 31.9 (25.3 to 38.5) | 109 | 34.8 (29.6 to 40.0) | 39 | 34.8 (26.0 to 43.6) | 53 | 25.7 (19.7 to 31.7) | 92 | 32.2 (27.1 to 37.3) | |||||
| Obesity | 18 | 14.1 (8.1 to 20.1) | 30 | 15.5 (10.0 to 21.0) | 48 | 14.5 (10.7 to 18.3) | 14 | 12.5 (6.4 to 18.6) | 49 | 23.8 (18.0 to 29.6) | 63 | 16.3 (12.2 to 20.4) | |||||
| Vascular disease | 2 | 1.6 (0.2 to 5.5) | 31 | 16.0 (10.4 to 20.6) | 33 | 7.1 (4.3 to 9.9) | 1 | 0.9 (0 to 4.9) | 22 | 10.6 (6.4 to 14.8) | 23 | 4.4 (2.1 to 6.7) | |||||
| Coronary heart disease | 2 | 1.6 (0.2 to 5.5) | 27 | 13.9 (9.0 to 18.8) | 29 | 6.1 (3.5 to 8.7) | 0 | 15 | 7.2 (3.7 to 10.7) | 15 | 2.7 (0.9 to 4.5) | ||||||
| Left ventricular hypertrophy | 4 | 3.1 (0.8 to 7.8) | 7 | 3.6 (1.6 to 5.8) | 11 | 3.7 (1.6 to 5.8) | 0 | 6 | 2.9 (0.6 to 5.2) | 6 | 1.3 (0.3 to 3.2) | ||||||
| Postmenopausal | — | — | — | 11 | 10.5 (4.8 to 16.2) | 142 | 70.3 (64.1 to 76.5) | 153 | 33.6 (28.4 to 38.8) | ||||||||
| Family history (1) of coronary heart disease | 11 | 8.6 (3.7 to 13.5) | 10 | 5.2 (2.1 to 8.3) | 21 | 7.1 (4.3 to 9.9) | 6 | 5.4 (1.2 to 9.6) | 22 | 10.6 (6.4 to 14.8) | 28 | 7.4 (4.5 to 10.3) | |||||
| Family history (2) of coronary heart disease | 6 | 4.7 (1.0 to 8.4) | 12 | 6.2 (2.8 to 9.6) | 18 | 5.4 (2.9 to 7.9) | 5 | 4.5 (1.5 to 10.1) | 20 | 9.7 (5.7 to 13.7) | 25 | 6.5 (3.8 to 9.2) | |||||
*
See table 2 for definitions of the conditions and risk factors.