Table 4.
Prevalence of major risk factors (%) for CAD in community from studies with similar definitions for risk factor.
| Author | Year | Sample size | Age | Smoking |
Hypertension |
Diabetes |
Dyslipidemia |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | ||||||
| R Gupta9 | 1995 | 2212 | ≥20 | 39 | 19 | 30 | 34 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| R Gupta47a | 1997 | 3148 | ≥20 | 51 | 5 | 24 | 17 | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Reddy N K52a | 2002 | 3307 | 43.12 ± 9.5 | 27 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 26 | 9 | 59 | 45 |
| R Gupta53a | 2003 | 1123 | NA | 40.5 | 20.5 | 33.7 | 33.7 | 7.8 | 7.3 | 37.4 | 43.1 |
| R Gupta65a | 2007 | 1127 | ≥20 | 37 | 2.1 | 57.9 | 48.9 | 25.9 | 21.1 | 32.6 | 39.5 |
| R Gupta66a | 2012 | 739 | 20–59 | 21.1 | 4.2 | 39.5 | 24.6 | 15.5 | 10.8 | 33 | 32.7 |
NA: Not Available.
Reference numbers 47a, 52-53a, 65–66a are provided in the supplementary data.
Definitions of the risk factors.
Smoking: Users of all types of tobacco products and present & past smokers are included in studies 53a, 65a and 66a. Other studies do not mention the definitions.
Hypertension: Blood pressure of >140/90 was considered as hypertension. Diabetes mellitus: Past history or fasting blood sugar level of >126 mg%.
Dyslipidemia: Total blood cholesterol levels ≥200 mg/dl.
Mantel–Haenszel Chi squared values for males: Smoking 145.52, p < 0.0001, Hypertension 103.99, p < 0.0001, Diabetes mellitus 12.64, p = 0.0004, Dyslipidemia 161.09, p < 0.0001.
Mantel–Haenszel Chi squared values for females: Smoking 35.84, p < 0.0001, Hypertension 35.59, p < 0.0001, Diabetes mellitus 11.19, p = 0.0008, Dyslipidemia 12.12, p = 0.0005.