Table 3. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in people aged 40–64 years, Seychelles, 2004.
| Risk factor | % (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Men (n = 374) | Women (n = 442) | All (n = 816) | |
| Hypertension | |||
| BP ≥ 140/90 mmHg | 50.0 (44.9–55.1) | 40.0 (35.4–44.5) | 45.0 (41.6–48.5) |
| BP ≥ 160/100 mmHg | 19.6 (15.5–23.6) | 14.2 (11.0–17.5) | 16.9 (14.4–19.5) |
| Hypercholsterolaemia | |||
| TSC ≥ 6.2 mmol/l | 24.6 (20.2–29.0) | 31.6 (27.3–36.0) | 28.1 (25.0–31.2) |
| TSC ≥ 8.0 mmol/l | 2.8 (1.1–4.5) | 5.6 (3.5–7.8) | 4.2 (2.8–5.6) |
| Hypertension or hypercholsterolaemia | |||
| BP ≥ 140/90 or TSC ≥ 6.2 | 62.8 (57.8–67.7) | 56.6 (52.0–61.3) | 59.7 (56.3–63.1) |
| BP ≥ 160/100 or TSC ≥ 8.0 | 21.6 (17.4–25.8) | 19.1 (15.4–22.8) | 20.4 (17.6–23.1) |
| Diabetes (FBG ≥ 7.0 mmol/l) | 15.8 (12.1–19.5) | 15.3 (12.0–18.7) | 15.6 (13.1–18.1) |
| Smoking (≥ 1 cigarette daily) | 31.1 (26.4–35.8) | 4.0 (2.1–5.8) | 17.7 (15.0–20.3) |
BP, blood pressure; CI, confidence interval; FBG, fasting blood glucose; TSC: total serum cholesterol.