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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 15.
Published in final edited form as: West Indian Med J. 2010 Oct;59(5):486–493.

Table 2.

Proportions (%) of participants with selected cardiovascular disease risk factors at baseline by sex

Males
N = 275		 Females
N = 473		 P-value
M:F
difference
Baseline Characteristics Proportion
%		 Standard
Error		 Mean Standard
Error
Overweight (BMI ≥ 25kg/m2) 27.6 2.7 63.5 2.3 < 0.001
Obese (BMI ≥ 30kg/m2) 6.9 1.5 28.2 2.2 < 0.001
High Waist Circumference* 11.6 1.9 53.5 2.4 < 0.001
High Waist-to-Hip Ratio** 4.3 1.2 43.4 2.3 < 0.001
Diabetes Mellitus 6.9 1.5 10.9 1.5 0.078
Cigarette Smoking (Current) 34.9 2.9 14.6 1.7 < 0.001
Cigarette Smoking (Past) 24.0 2.6 5.7 1.1
*

High waist circumference: males ≥ 94 cm; females ≥ 80 cm

**

High waist-to-hip ratio: males ≥ 0.95; females ≥ 0.80