Table 3. Age- and sex-adjusted prevalence of risk factors among low, middle and high socioeconomic status groups, occupational classes and educational groups (numbers, %).
| Variables | Educational status | Occupational class | Socioeconomic status | ||||||
| Low(n = 1248) | Middle(n = 2956) | High(n = 1366) | Low(n = 1287) | Middle(n = 1677) | High(n = 3018) | Low(n = 374) | Middle(n = 3622) | High(n = 1114) | |
| Lifestyle | |||||||||
| Smoking/tobacco use | 303(24.3) | 425(14.4) | 260(19.0) | 208(16.1) | 341(20.3) | 504(16.7) | 66(17.6) | 710(19.6) | 173(15.5) |
| Smoking | 77(6.1) | 266(9.0) | 204(14.9) | 66(5.1) | 172(10.2) | 377(12.5) | 36(10.4) | 375(10.3) | 126(11.3) |
| Non-smoked tobacco | 248(19.9) | 235(7.9) | 100(7.3) | 154(11.9) | 218(13.0) | 227(7.5) | 42(12.1) | 445(12.3) | 74(6.6) |
| Alcohol abuse | 120(9.6) | 305(10.3) | 158(11.5) | 66(5.1) | 224(13.3) | 327(10.8) | 39(11.2) | 421(11.6) | 127(11.4) |
| High dietary fat | 577(46.2) | 1472(49.8) | 819(60.0) | 523(40.6) | 834(49.7) | 1680(55.7) | 145(41.8) | 1923(53.1) | 681(61.6) |
| Low dietary fruit/vegetable | 299(23.9) | 868(29.3) | 385(28.9) | 346(26.9) | 450(26.8) | 797(26.4) | 166(47.8) | 893(24.7) | 243(21.8) |
| Low physical activity | 464(37.2) | 1347(45.5) | 485(35.5) | 610(47.4) | 732(43.7) | 1181(39.1) | 147(42.3) | 1453(40.1) | 411(36.9) |
| Stressful event (any event) | 399(32.0) | 795(27.0) | 278(20.3) | 339(26.3) | 563(33.6) | 716(23.7) | 112(29.9) | 1085(29.9) | 267(23.9) |
| Depression | 226(18.1) | 661(22.3) | 242(17.7) | 217(16.8) | 382(22.8) | 642(21.3) | 72(19.2) | 826(22.8) | 208(18.7) |
| Cardiometabolic | |||||||||
| BMI≥25kg/m2 | 487(39.0) | 1258(42.5) | 632(46.2) | 457(35.5) | 639(38.1) | 1473(48.8) | 124(35.7) | 1510(41.7) | 556(49.9) |
| BMI≥30 kg/m2 | 100(8.0) | 339(11.4) | 152(11.1) | 146(11.3) | 145(8.6) | 388(12.8) | 32(9.2) | 408(11.3) | 129(11.6) |
| Waist size >90 men/>80 cm women | 500(40.6) | 1391(47.0) | 689(50.4) | 578(44.9) | 633(37.7) | 1565(50.0) | 182(52.4) | 1633(45.1) | 557(50.0) |
| Waist-hip ratio >0.9 men/>0.8 women | 1029(82.4) | 2331(78.8) | 899(65.8) | 1006(78.1) | 1337(79.8) | 2224(73.7) | 264(76.0) | 2856(78.8) | 809(72.6) |
| Hypertension | 397(31.8) | 874(29.5) | 466(34.1) | 392(30.4) | 487(29.0) | 1009(33.4) | 94(27.1) | 1135(31.3) | 370(33.2) |
| Cholesterol total ≥200 mg/dl | 300(24.0) | 708(23.9) | 373(27.3) | 324(25.2) | 390(23.2) | 790(26.2) | 86(24.8) | 907(25.0) | 262(23.5) |
| HDL cholesterol <40 men/<50 women (mg/dl) | 472(37.8) | 973(32.9) | 393(28.8) | 458(35.6) | 620(37.0) | 977(32.4) | 134(38.6) | 1260(34.8) | 371(33.3) |
| Triglycerides ≥150 mg/dl | 460(36.8) | 1060(35.8) | 494(36.1) | 427(33.2) | 689(41.1) | 1063(35.2) | 113(32.5) | 1386(38.2) | 378(33.9) |
| Diabetes | 181(14.5) | 452(15.3) | 195(14.3) | 194(15.1) | 260(15.5) | 486(16.1) | 67(19.3) | 549(15.2) | 158(14.2) |
| Metabolic syndrome | 441(35.3) | 1012(34.2) | 473(34.6) | 442(34.3) | 577(34.4) | 1088(36.0) | 127(36.5) | 1256(34.6) | 389(34.9) |
BMI body mass index; HDL high density lipoprotein.