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Table 2. Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors In African Women In Transition.

Risk factor (means and 95% confidence interval)	Deep rural	Farm workers	Squatter camps	Urban	Upper urban
Numbers (n)	257	139	153	265	92
Age (years)	39.8^ab	37.0^c	36.5^ad	38.2^e	30.4^bcde
Age (years)	38.1−41.5	34.7−39.3	34.3−38.7	36.5−39.9	27.5−33.3
Serum lipids (mmol/l)
Total cholesterol	4.1^ab	4.1^cd	4.1^ef	4.5^ace	4.5^bdf
Total cholesterol	3.9−4.2	3.9−4.3	3.9−4.2	4.3-4.6	4.3−4.8
HDL cholesterol	1.2	1.2	1.1^a	1.1	1.2^a
HDL cholesterol	1.1−1.2	1.1−1.2	1.1−1.2	1.1−1.2	1.1−1.3
LDL cholesterol	2.5^ab	2.5^cd	2.5^ef	2.9^ace	2.8^bdf
LDL cholesterol	2.4−2.7	2.4−2.7	2.4−2.7	2.8−3.0	2.6−3.0
Triglycerides	1.2	1.1^a	1.1	1.2^a	1.1
Triglycerides	1.1−1.2	1.0−1.2	1.0−1.2	1.2−1.3	1.0−1.3
Fasting serum glucose (mmol/l)	4.9^a	4.7^b	5.1^c	4.7^d	4.1^abcd
Fasting serum glucose (mmol/l)	4.7−5.1	4.5−5.0	4.9−5.4	4.5−4.9	3.8−4.5
Plasma fibrinogen (g/l)	3.3^abcd	3.6^a	3.7^b	3.8^c	3.7^d
Plasma fibrinogen (g/l)	3.1−3.4	3.5−3.8	3.6−3.9	3.6−3.9	3.5−4.0
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	126^abc	128^d	130^ae	130^bf	117^cdef
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	123−128	124−131	127−133	127−133	112−121
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	77.1^abch	77^def	81^adg	81^behi	73^cfgi
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	75−78	75−79	79−83	79−82	70−75
Body mass index (kg/m²)	25.8^a	26.3^b	26.5^c	28.2^abc	27.3
Body mass index (kg/m²)	24.9−26.6	25.1−27.4	25.4−27.5	27.4−29.0	25.9−28.7

^a,b,c,… Means with the same symbol differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05; pairwise comparisons, GLM, ANOVA).