Table 2.
Parameters | Subjects without MS (%) n = 1142 | Subjects with MS (%) n = 393 | p value | ||
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Family Income | 0.071 | ||||
Income < 70 USD | 888 | (77.8%) | 288 | (73.3%) | |
Income 70-139 USD | 178 | (15.6%) | 82 | (20.9%) | |
Income ≥ 140 USD | 31 | (2.7%) | 23 | (5.9%) | |
Missing | 45 | (3.9%) | 0 | (0%) | |
Own Land | < 0.001 | ||||
No Land | 492 | (43.1%) | 107 | (27.2%) | |
Land | 591 | (51.8%) | 277 | (70.5%) | |
Missing | 59 | (5.2%) | 9 | (2.3%) | |
Living Area | < 0.001 | ||||
Living Area ≤ 1,000 Sqr. ft | 338 | (29.6%) | 65 | (16.5%) | |
Living Area > 1,000 Sqr. ft | 804 | (70.4%) | 328 | (83.5%) | |
Education Level | 0.017 | ||||
No Formal Education | 564 | (49.4%) | 222 | (56.5%) | |
Formal Education | 578 | (50.6%) | 171 | (43.5%) | |
Types of Work | 0.002 | ||||
Desk Work | 28 | (2.5%) | 20 | (5.1%) | |
Physical Work | 1060 | (92.8%) | 365 | (92.9%) | |
Missing | 54 | (4.7%) | 8 | (2.0%) | |
Family History* of Diabetes | < 0.001 | ||||
Non Diabetic | 992 | (86.9%) | 322 | (81.9%) | |
Diabetic | 103 | (9.0%) | 71 | (18.1%) | |
Missing | 47 | (4.1%) | 0 | (0%) | |
Family History* of Hypertension | 0.003 | ||||
Non Hypertensive | 924 | (80.9%) | 302 | (76.8%) | |
Hypertensive | 171 | (15.0%) | 91 | (23.2%) | |
Missing | 47 | (4.1%) | 0 | (0%) | |
Smoking Habit | 0.242 | ||||
No | 894 | (78.3%) | 319 | (81.2%) | |
Yes | 248 | (21.7%) | 74 | (18.8%) |
*Family history is only accounted from father and mother only