Table 2.
Noncommunicable disease diagnoses and risk factors among adults in a shantytown in Lima, Peru, 2012
| Characteristic |
Total (N = 142) |
Male (N = 43) |
Female (N = 99) |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | % | (95% CI) | ||
|
Nutritional status (based on BMI) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.03 |
| Normal weight |
47.4 |
(37.1, 57.6) |
60.0 |
(43.6, 76.4) |
34.8 |
(23.1, 46.5) |
|
| Overweight |
39.5 |
(30.1, 48.9) |
32.8 |
(16.6, 49.0) |
46.2 |
(36.4, 56.1) |
|
| Obese |
13.1 |
(8.2, 18.1) |
7.2 |
(0.0, 14.9) |
19.0 |
(11.8, 26.2) |
|
|
Abdominal obesity (WHO definition) |
31.9 |
(25.0, 38.9) |
9.5 |
(1.0, 18.1) |
54.3 |
(40.0, 68.5) |
<0.001 |
|
Abdominal obesity (Peruvian data definition) |
35.8 |
(28.1, 43.5) |
16.4 |
(5.3, 27.5) |
55.2 |
(40.9, 69.4) |
0.001 |
|
Hypertension |
14.9 |
(6.6, 23.3) |
19.4 |
(6.0, 32.8) |
10.5 |
(4.0, 17.0) |
0.10 |
|
Diabetes |
2.7 |
(0.0, 5.0) |
1.5 |
(0.0, 4.6) |
3.8 |
(0.0, 7.8) |
0.42 |
|
Depression |
11.8 |
(4.3, 19.4) |
6.9 |
(0.0, 16.4) |
16.8 |
(6.6, 26.9) |
0.17 |
|
Chronic respiratory disease |
8.4 |
(1.6, 15.1) |
9.3 |
(0.0, 20.1) |
7.4 |
(1.6, 13.3) |
0.71 |
|
Arthritis |
3.6 |
(0.0, 7.3) |
1.9 |
(0.0, 5.9) |
5.2 |
(0.0, 11.8) |
0.40 |
|
Cancer |
0.5 |
(0.0, 1.6) |
0.0 |
(NA) |
1.0 |
(0.0, 3.1) |
0.32 |
|
Myocardial infarction |
1.9 |
(0.0, 5.0) |
3.1 |
(0.0, 9.2) |
0.7 |
(0.0, 2.1) |
0.26 |
|
Current smoking |
21.1 |
(13.5, 28.6) |
34.3 |
(18.7, 49.9) |
7.9 |
(1.9, 13.9) |
0.002 |
|
Binge drinking in the past month |
19.4 |
(12.0, 26.8) |
34.7 |
(20.7, 48.6) |
4.1 |
(0.0, 8.3) |
<0.001 |
| Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption | 91.6 | (86.2, 96.9) | 89.7 | (79.7, 99.8) | 93.4 | (88.8, 98.0) | 0.47 |