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. 2012 Aug 29;7(8):e44098. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044098

Table 2. Age-adjusted prevalence of lifestyle and cardiometabolic risk factors in the study cohort.

Variables Total Men Women
N = 6198 N = 3426 N = 2772
Smoking
Current smokers 426(6.9) 411(12.0) 15(0.5)
Ex smokers 200(3.2) 174(5.1) 26(0.9)
Other tobacco use 610(9.8) 435(12.7) 175(6.3)
Ever smoking and/or tobacco 1086(17.5) 884(25.8) 202(7.3)
Alcohol consumption
<7 drinks/week 471(7.6) 429(12.5) 42(1.5)
> = 7 drinks/week 22 (0.3) 22(0.6)
Visible fat intake
<20 g/day 1768(28.5) 903(26.3) 865(31.2)
20–40 g/day 2218(35.8) 1255(36.6) 963(34.7)
>40 g/day 874(14.1) 500(14.6) 374(13.5)
Fruits and vegetables intake≥2 servings/day<2 servings/day 3637(58.7)1670(26.9) 2069(60.3)868(25.3) 1568(56.5)802(28.9)
Moderate physical activity (work or leisure)
Mild 3077(49.6) 1773(51.7) 1304(47.0)
Moderate 1211(19.5) 66819.5) 543(15.8)
Vigorous 115(1.8) 93(2.7) 22(0.8)
Stress (home, work or financial)
Mild (any one) 1662(26.8) 1003(29.3) 659(23.8)
Moderate (any two) 1703(27.5) 828(24.1) 875(31.5)
Severe (all three) 883(14.2) 497(14.5) 386(13.9)
Depression 1268(20.4) 687(20.0) 581(20.9)
Obesity
≥25 kg/m2 2660(42.9) 1408(41.1) 1252(45.2)
≥30 kg/m2 721(11.6) 283(8.3) 438(15.8)
Truncal obesity
Waist >90/>80 cm, men/women 2819(45.5) 1224(35.7) 1595(57.5)
WHR >0.9/>0.8, men/women 4690(75.7) 2366(69.0) 2324(83.8)
Hypertension 1957(31.6) 1114(32.5) 843(30.4)
High cholesterol total (≥200 mg/dl) 1551(25.0) 849(24.8) 702(25.3)
High triglycerides (≥150 mg/dl) 2286(36.9) 1411(41.2) 875(31.5)
Low HDL cholesterol (<40 men/<50 women mg/dl) 2141(34.5) 1168(34.1) 973(35.1)
Diabetes (known or fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dl) 973(15.7) 573(16.7) 400(14.7)
Metabolic syndrome 2212(35.7) 1103(32.2) 1109(40.4)
Known cardiovascular disease (CHD) 158(2.5) 96(2.8) 62(2.2)

Numbers in parentheses are percent. BMI body mass index; WHR waist hip ratio; LDL low density lipoprotein; HDL high density lipoprotein; CHD coronary heart disease.