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. 2015 Nov;77(4):609–619.

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants by ethnic background, valid % (age–standardized %) a)

Male P value Female P value
Palauan Filipino Others Palauan Filipino Others
Number 751 200 93 875 206 56
Age group of years <0.001 <0.001
25–34 13.8 25.5 40.9 14.7 23.8 17.9
35–44 26.1 33.0 33.3 26.9 31.6 21.4
45–54 32.6 28.0 18.3 32.9 32.0 44.6
55–64 27.4 13.5 7.5 25.5 12.6 16.1
Educational attainment 0.017 0.146
primary or lower 19.0 (19.9) 10.7 (9.9) 22.0 (22.2) 15.3 (14.6) 10.3 (9.7) 18.2 (19.3)
secondary 42.0 (43.4) 42.9 (42.2) 31.9 (30.5) 37.9 (37.4) 42.6 (41.7) 27.3 (25.5)
college or higher 39.0 (36.7) 46.4 (47.9) 46.2 (47.3) 46.8 (48.0) 47.1 (48.6) 54.5 (55.2)
Marital status <0.001 0.008
single 20.5 (28.7) 28.1 (30.7) 35.9 (31.2) 16.3 (21.3) 26.3 (29.0) 10.9 (14.8)
married/cohabiting 68.7 (63.3) 67.8 (65.5) 62.0 (66.1) 65.4 (64.6) 58.5 (57.3) 78.2 (76.5)
divorced/separated  8.2 (6.7)  3.0 (3.1)  1.1 (1.4)  8.8 (7.8)  8.8 (8.2)  7.3 (6.6)
widowed  2.7 (1.4)  1.0 (0.8)  1.1 (1.4)  9.5 (6.4)  6.3 (5.5)  3.6 (2.0)
Annual household income (USD) b) <0.001 <0.001
<5000 17.3 (15.2) 51.4 (52.5) 44.0 (42.3) 19.4 (18.9) 62.1 (62.4) 22.7 (20.1)
5000–9999 34.0 (37.4) 37.3 (35.9) 28.0 (30.5) 24.8 (26.9) 19.2 (18.8) 25.0 (32.3)
10000–14999 18.8 (18.0)  2.2 (1.9)  2.7 (2.9) 19.8 (19.6) 10.4 (10.7) 13.6 (12.5)
15000–19999  9.1 (9.4)  4.3 (5.0)  2.7 (2.5) 10.7 (11.1)  2.2 (2.1)  6.8 (9.5)
≥20000 20.9 (20.0)  4.9 (4.7) 22.7 (21.8) 25.3 (23.5)  6.0 (6.1) 31.8 (25.6)
Smoking <0.001 <0.001
non–smoker 41.5 (40.4) 48.0 (48.1) 49.5 (48.0) 56.0 (55.4) 84.0 (83.5) 69.6 (73.1)
ex–smoker 37.2 (36.5) 18.0 (18.0) 20.4 (22.7) 34.1 (34.8)  9.2 (9.5) 16.1 (10.9)
current smoker 21.3 (23.1) 34.0 (33.9) 30.1 (29.3)  9.9 (9.7)  6.8 (7.0) 14.3 (15.9)
Betel nut with tobacco chewing <0.001 <0.001
non–chewer 42.3 (34.2) 97.5 (97.6) 84.9 (84.5) 31.4 (27.1) 98.5 (98.7) 83.9 (81.8)
current chewer 57.7 (65.8)  2.5 (2.4) 15.1 (15.5) 68.6 (72.9)  1.5 (1.3) 16.1 (18.2)
Tobacco product use <0.001 <0.001
non–user 31.4 (24.3) 64.0 (64.2) 59.1 (59.7) 28.1 (24.0) 91.7 (91.7) 73.2 (71.5)
current user 68.6 (75.7) 36.0 (35.8) 40.9 (40.3) 71.9 (76.0)  8.3 (8.3) 26.8 (28.5)
Alcohol drinking 0.004 <0.001
non–drinker 19.7 (16.2) 21.0 (20.9) 35.5 (33.8) 32.5 (30.5) 57.3 (56.3) 37.5 (37.3)
ex–drinker 30.8 (30.3) 32.5 (32.1) 17.2 (17.9) 43.0 (41.8) 31.6 (32.1) 23.2 (20.9)
current drinker 49.5 (53.5) 46.5 (47.0) 47.3 (48.2) 24.6 (27.6) 11.2 (11.6) 39.3 (41.8)
Fruit intake (day/week) <0.001 <0.001
0–1 48.2 (49.3) 31.8 (32.8) 33.0 (34.6) 35.7 (39.7) 22.3 (22.2) 19.6 (22.6)
2–4 35.4 (34.9) 43.9 (43.6) 41.8 (40.0) 40.1 (38.4) 47.1 (48.0) 37.5 (39.4)
≥5 16.4 (15.8) 24.2 (23.6) 25.3 (25.4) 24.2 (21.9) 30.6 (29.8) 42.9 (38.0)
Vegetable intake (day/week) <0.001 <0.001
0–1 17.5 (16.0)  8.0 (8.0)  7.6 (8.8) 10.4 (11.3)  2.9 (2.9)  7.3 (4.4)
2–4 44.1 (42.0) 42.2 (43.3) 29.3 (28.2) 40.3 (39.7) 30.1 (30.9) 14.5 (17.8)
≥5 38.4 (42.1) 49.7 (48.7) 63.0 (63.0) 49.3 (49.0) 67.0 (66.2) 78.2 (77.7)
Body mass index (kg/m2) <0.001 <0.001
<18.5  0.5 (0.4)  1.0 (0.8)  3.4 (3.3)  0.9 (1.0)  4.0 (4.3)  1.8 (2.9)
18.5–24.9 15.4 (16.5) 47.0 (47.7) 41.6 (40.7) 13.0 (14.0) 56.1 (56.7) 50.0 (55.2)
25–29.9 33.2 (31.4) 42.9 (42.2) 34.8 (35.3) 31.4 (30.2) 30.3 (29.5) 19.6 (14.1)
≥30 51.0 (51.7)  9.1 (9.3) 20.2 (20.6) 54.6 (54.8)  9.6 (9.4) 28.6 (27.8)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) <0.001 <0.001
<120  8.9 (10.7) 13.5 (14.5) 13.2 (13.0) 21.3 (27.6) 31.1 (34.4) 48.2 (54.2)
120–129 17.9 (21.1) 24.0 (25.1) 30.8 (29.6) 18.8 (21.8) 19.9 (20.2) 23.2 (21.2)
130–139 21.2 (23.4) 23.0 (23.2) 28.6 (28.9) 17.2 (16.7) 21.4 (20.5)  7.1 (6.1)
140–159 32.4 (30.9) 25.0 (24.0) 25.3 (25.5) 24.8 (21.4) 15.5 (13.8)  8.9 (7.2)
≥160 19.5 (13.9) 14.5 (13.1)  2.2 (2.9) 18.0 (12.4) 12.1 (11.1) 12.5 (11.3)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) <0.001 <0.001
<80 27.1 (30.0) 39.0 (41.5) 40.7 (39.1) 33.8 (35.7) 50.0 (52.7) 55.4 (58.1)
80–84 15.4 (16.0) 14.5 (13.8) 26.4 (26.2) 17.1 (16.6) 13.1 (12.4) 14.3 (14.7)
85–89 16.6 (14.5) 15.0 (15.0) 13.2 (13.2) 16.1 (15.9) 16.0 (15.4) 10.7 (9.8)
90–99 27.4 (26.8) 19.5 (18.5) 13.2 (14.5) 21.9 (22.5) 15.0 (14.2) 12.5 (11.0)
≥100 13.6 (12.8) 12.0 (11.2)  6.6 (6.9) 11.2 (9.4)  5.8 (5.3)  7.1 (6.5)
Hypertension
≥140/90 mmHg 58.5 (53.0) 44.5 (42.1) 33.0 (34.6) <0.001 50.6 (43.9) 31.6 (28.9) 21.4 (18.5) <0.001
≥140/90 mmHg / medication 59.9 (54.1) 45.5 (43.1) 35.2 (37.4) <0.001 53.5 (46.5) 34.0 (31.2) 25.0 (22.4) <0.001
≥160/100 mmHg 23.6 (18.7) 19.0 (17.7)  6.6 (6.9) 0.001 21.2 (15.9) 12.6 (11.5) 12.5 (11.3) 0.008
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) <0.001 0.008
<100 34.6 (38.8) 35.7 (36.7) 52.8 (51.1) 41.5 (47.3) 42.6 (45.1) 40.8 (46.8)
100–109 24.4 (26.2) 33.9 (34.6) 23.6 (24.6) 20.9 (20.1) 29.0 (28.1) 34.7 (34.5)
110–125 17.5 (14.8) 15.2 (15.0) 19.4 (20.3) 15.6 (14.6) 16.9 (15.9) 12.2 (7.2)
≥126 23.5 (20.2) 15.2 (13.7)  4.2 (4.0) 22.0 (18.0) 11.5 (10.9) 12.2 (11.5)
(≥126 mg/dL / medication) 24.0 (20.5) 16.4 (14.8)  4.2 (4.0) <0.001 22.9 (18.5) 12.0 (11.3) 12.2 (11.5) 0.002
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 0.811 0.005
<100 23.0 (25.5) 26.1 (27.1) 29.2 (27.9) 26.2 (28.3) 37.4 (39.2) 42.0 (40.4)
100–149 28.0 (27.2) 26.1 (26.6) 27.8 (28.4) 29.7 (30.2) 29.3 (28.6) 32.0 (32.6)
150–199 19.5 (19.2) 16.1 (15.6) 16.7 (18.1) 18.7 (17.3) 11.5 (11.6)  6.0 (6.0)
≥200 29.5 (28.1) 31.7 (30.8) 26.4 (25.6) 25.5 (24.1) 21.8 (20.6) 20.0 (21.1)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 0.170 0.037
<160 48.9 (54.1) 41.2 (41.7) 42.3 (41.7) 47.1 (52.5) 38.0 (40.2) 41.2 (49.8)
160–189 32.1 (29.8) 37.1 (37.1) 29.6 (29.9) 28.2 (27.4) 32.1 (32.8) 35.3 (32.1)
190–199  6.4 (5.9)  5.3 (5.3)  5.6 (4.9)  6.5 (5.5) 13.6 (12.5)  3.9 (2.2)
200–239 11.0 (8.8) 15.9 (15.5) 21.1 (22.0) 14.6 (12.1) 12.0 (11.0) 13.7 (12.3)
≥240  1.7 (1.4)  0.6 (0.5)  1.4 (1.5)  3.6 (2.5)  4.3 (3.6)  5.9 (3.6)
(≥200 mg/dL / medication) 14.9 (11.5) 17.6 (17.0) 23.9 (25.0) 0.122 20.7 (16.3) 17.4 (15.6) 21.6 (17.0) 0.577

a) Based on the age distribution of the whole population from 2005 Census of Population and Housing

b) USD indicates United States dollar