Table 3.
Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors
|
Variable |
Rural (n = 332) (n/%) |
Urban (n = 335) (n/%) |
Statistics* |
|
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| χ2 | RR | 95% CI | P-value | |||
| Hypertension |
16 (4.8) |
58 (17.3) |
26.39 |
0.87 |
0.82-0.92 |
<0.001 |
| Diabetes |
3 (0.9) |
9 (2.7) |
3.0 |
0.33 |
0.09-1.23 |
0.083 (NS) |
| IFG |
2 (0.6) |
5 (1.5) |
71.30 |
0.40 |
0.077-2.07 |
0.451 (NS)§ |
| Overweight |
60 (18.1) |
164 (49.0) |
46.64 |
0.62 |
0.55-0.70 |
<0.001 |
| Obesity |
9 (2.7) |
61 (18.2) |
2.78 |
0.84 |
0.79-0.88 |
<0.001 |
| Dyslipidaemia |
156 (47.0) |
136 (40.6) |
3.13 |
0.86 |
0.73-1.03 |
0.096 (NS) |
| Cholesterol |
15 (4.5) |
7 (2.1) |
9.14 |
2.23 |
0.898-5.54 |
0.077 (NS) |
| Triglyceride |
72 (21.8) |
108 (32.1) |
0.97 |
0.59 |
0.415-0.83 |
0.003 |
| LDL-C |
11 (3.3) |
7 (2.1) |
0.041 |
1.62 |
0.619-4.22 |
0.323 (NS) |
| HDL-C |
88 (26.6) |
87 (25.9) |
21.83 |
1.04 |
0.734-1.46 |
0.839 (NS) |
| Alcohol |
57 (17.2) |
19 (5.7) |
40.27 |
0.33 |
0.20-0.54 |
<0.001 |
| Smoking | 69 (20.8) | 15 (4.5) | 43.23 | 0.21 | 0.13-0.37 | <0.001 |
* comparing proportion of urban and rural dwellers in each group.
RR-Relative risk, CI- confidence interval; IFG-Impaired fasting glucose, §-fisher’s exact p-value.
NS-Not significant.