Table 3.
| Cardiometabolic risk factors | Middle income group (Asiad Colony, Tirumangalam) | Low income group (Bharathi Nagar, T.Nagar) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline study (n = 479) | Follow-up study (n = 526) | % change | p valuec | Baseline study (n = 783) | Follow-up study (n = 596) | % change | p valuec | |
| Diabetes (self-reported + newly diagnosed) n (%) | 99 (12.4%) | 119 (15.4%) | h 24% | .159 | 53 (6.5%) | 105 (15.3%) | h 135% | <.001 |
| Impaired glucose tolerance n (%) | 50 (7.5%) | 49 (6.4%) | i -15% | .513 | 24 (2.9%) | 15 (2.3%) | i -21% | .503 |
| Hypertension (self-reported + newly diagnosed) n (%) | 153 (14.9%) | 159 (21.8%) | h 46% | <.05 | 126 (8.4%) | 131 (20.1%) | h 139% | <.001 |
| Generalized obesity n (%) | ||||||||
| Male | 83 (38.0%) | 109 (46.5%) | h 22% | <.05 | 44 (13.4%) | 66 (28.0%) | h 109% | <.001 |
| Female | 113 (33.1%) | 163 (48.1%) | h 45% | <.001 | 111 (24.2%) | 184 (50.2%) | h 107% | <.001 |
| Central obesity n (%) | ||||||||
| Male | 137 (53.4%) | 142 (51.9%) | i -3% | .625 | 100 (30.8%) | 122 (50.9%) | h 65% | <.001 |
| Female | 88 (41.6%) | 151 (41.7%) | h 0.2% | .977 | 82 (16.9%) | 183 (49.8%) | h 195% | <.001 |
| Hypercholesterolemia n (%) | 173 (24.2%) | 126 (20.8%) | i -14% | .184 | 121 (14.2%) | 123 (20.4%) | h 44% | <.05 |
| Hypertriglyceridemia n (%) | 132 (7.6%) | 134 (27.2%) | h 258% | <.05 | 144 (8.0%) | 135 (23.5%) | h 194% | <.001 |
a
Values are presented as numbers (percentages).
b
Prevalence rates were age-standardized to the 1991 census of India.
c
p value implies significance between baseline and follow-up visit.