Table 2. Socio-demographic and cardiovascular disease risk factors in overweight/obese men and women in 2008/09.
| Overweight/obese Men | Overweight/obese Women | |||||||
| N | % | Odds Ratio | 95%CI | N | % | Odds Ratio | 95%CI | |
| Socio-demographic factors | ||||||||
| Number | 392 | 28.9 | 707 | 82.8 | ||||
| Age in years: 25–34 | 121 | 18.5 | 1.00 | 236 | 75.3 | 1.00 | ||
| 35–44 | 99 | 26.0 | 1.55 | 0.81–2.94 | 162 | 89.9 | 2.91 | 1.57–5.41 |
| 45–54 | 86 | 44.5 | 3.53 | 1.72–7.26 | 168 | 88.7 | 2.58 | 1.47–4.52 |
| 55–64 | 58 | 36.5 | 2.53 | 1.21–5.31 | 92 | 85.3 | 1.89 | 0.90–3.98 |
| 65–74 | 28 | 50.0 | 4.40 | 1.84–10.52 | 49 | 87.8 | 2.35 | 0.92–6.00 |
| Education: ≤7 years | 155 | 31.4 | 1.00 | 261 | 80.9 | 1.00 | ||
| >7 years | 237 | 27.4 | 0.82 | 0.49–1.40 | 446 | 83.7 | 1.21 | 0.78–1.89 |
| % of life spent in the city: <50 | 132 | 26.9 | 1.00 | 318 | 81.0 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥50 | 260 | 27.0 | 1.16 | 0.70–1.94 | 389 | 84.4 | 1.27 | 0.80–2.00 |
| Work: Unemployed | 235 | 20.3 | 1.00 | 412 | 81.5 | 1.00 | ||
| Employed | 91 | 41.5 | 2.79 | 1.60–4.87 | 141 | 82.3 | 1.05 | 0.60–1.85 |
| Pensioners | 40 | 54.6 | 4.73 | 2.04–10.97 | 112 | 89.9 | 2.01 | 1.03–3.93 |
| Other* | 26 | 27.9 | 1.52 | 0.60–3.83 | 42 | 85.0 | 1.29 | 0.50–3.34 |
| House: Informal shack | 190 | 24.2 | 1.00 | 289 | 78.9 | 1.00 | ||
| Council/core house/hostel | 115 | 30.3 | 1.36 | 0.74–2.53 | 274 | 84.9 | 1.50 | 0.96–2.36 |
| Built formal unit (private) | 87 | 38.2 | 1.94 | 1.11–3.40 | 144 | 89.3 | 2.22 | 1.17–4.24 |
| Wealth tertile: 1st (lowest) | 142 | 15.7 | 1.00 | 221 | 70.7 | 1.00 | ||
| 2nd | 115 | 26.6 | 1.94 | 1.07–3.51 | 264 | 85.2 | 2.38 | 1.45–3.91 |
| 3rd (highest) | 135 | 43.6 | 4.15 | 2.47–6.98 | 222 | 92.6 | 5.18 | 2.64–10.14 |
| CVD risk factors | ||||||||
| Physical activity/week: ≥150minutes | 365 | 28.3 | 1.00 | 657 | 83.1 | 1.00 | ||
| <150minutes | 27 | 37.3 | 1.50 | 0.65–3.50 | 50 | 79.4 | 0.78 | 0.36–1.69 |
| Dietary fat intake: <30% | 260 | 27.9 | 1.00 | 444 | 80.4 | 1.00 | ||
| ≥30% | 132 | 30.8 | 1.15 | 0.73–1.80 | 263 | 87.1 | 1.65 | 1.02–2.65 |
| Smoking ≥1 cigarette/day: No | 209 | 42.7 | 1.00 | 649 | 84.5 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 183 | 14.8 | 0.23 | 0.14–0.40 | 58 | 63.6 | 0.32 | 0.17–0.59 |
| Alcohol use: CAGE <2 | 198 | 36.5 | 1.00 | 583 | 83.8 | 1.00 | ||
| CAGE ≥2 | 194 | 21.2 | 0.47 | 0.28–0.79 | 124 | 78.6 | 0.71 | 0.42–1.21 |
| Hypertension: No | 230 | 22.0 | 1.00 | 408 | 78.0 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 162 | 40.4 | 2.41 | 1.47–3.93 | 299 | 90.9 | 2.84 | 1.67–4.83 |
| Diabetes: No | 347 | 25.9 | 1.00 | 592 | 80.3 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 45 | 54.9 | 3.48 | 1.71–7.05 | 115 | 98.5 | 15.7 | 4.71–52.43 |
| LDL-C >3 mmol/l: No | 236 | 17.4 | 1.00 | 343 | 79.0 | 1.00 | ||
| Yes | 156 | 47.8 | 4.35 | 2.68–7.06 | 364 | 87.2 | 1.81 | 1.18–2.79 |
*Other: comprised of homemakers, students and those receiving disability grants.