Table 1.
Patients’ socio-demographic variables and risk factors
| Gender | No | (%) | |
| Males | 21 | 26 | |
| Females | 60 | 74 | |
| Age | Mean (years) | SD (years) | |
| Males | 59.38 | 10.62 | |
| Females | 70.70 | 8.67 | |
| BMI (kg/m 2 ) | Mean | SD | |
| Males | 25.12 | 6.64 | |
| Females | 23.59 | 3.73 | |
| Ethnicity | No | (%) | |
| Sinhalese | 59 | 73 | |
| Muslim | 14 | 17 | |
| Tamil | 08 | 10 | |
| Comorbidities and risk factors | Frequency | (%) | |
| Hypertension | 22 | 27 | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 25 | 30.8 | |
| Dyslipidemia | 6 | 7 | |
| Ischemic Heart Disease | 7 | 8.6 | |
| Smoking | Males (n) | Females (n) | |
| Current | 17 | 0 | |
| Ex | 30 | 0 | |
| Never | 34 | 0 | |
BMI, body mass index.