Table 1.
Characteristics of general population by gender. Maracaibo, 2015.
| Females | Males | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 1172 | n = 1058 | n = 2230 | ||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Age groups (years) | ||||||
| 18–29 | 349 | 29.8 | 413 | 39.0 | 762 | 34.2 |
| 30–44 | 325 | 27.7 | 297 | 28.1 | 622 | 27.9 |
| 45–59 | 346 | 29.5 | 259 | 24.5 | 605 | 27.1 |
| ≥60 | 152 | 13.0 | 89 | 8.4 | 241 | 10.8 |
| Ethnic groups | ||||||
| Mixed | 876 | 74.7 | 816 | 77.1 | 1692 | 75.9 |
| Hispanic white | 191 | 16.3 | 161 | 15.2 | 352 | 15.8 |
| Afro-Venezuelan | 30 | 2.6 | 36 | 3.4 | 66 | 3.0 |
| Amerindian | 62 | 5.3 | 44 | 4.2 | 106 | 4.8 |
| Others | 13 | 1.1 | 1 | 0.1 | 14 | 0.6 |
| Alcohol intake quartiles | ||||||
| Nondrinkers | 976 | 83.3 | 582 | 55.0 | ||
| Quartile 1 | 53 | 4.5 | 119 | 11.2 | — | — |
| Quartile 2 | 45 | 3.8 | 145 | 13.7 | — | — |
| Quartile 3 | 58 | 4.9 | 89 | 8.4 | — | — |
| Quartile 4 | 40 | 3.4 | 123 | 11.6 | — | — |
| Alcohol intake pattern (conglomerates) | ||||||
| Nondrinkers | 976 | 83.3 | 580 | 54.8 | — | — |
| Low intake | 160 | 13.7 | 328 | 31.0 | — | — |
| Moderate intake | 27 | 2.3 | 124 | 11.7 | — | — |
| High intake | 9 | 0.8 | 26 | 2.5 | — | — |
| Metabolic Syndrome† | 474 | 40.4 | 472 | 44.6 | 946 | 42.4 |
| High blood pressure† | 410 | 35.0 | 456 | 43.1 | 866 | 38.8 |
| Hyperglycemia† | 301 | 25.7 | 322 | 30.4 | 623 | 27.9 |
| Low HDL-C† | 752 | 64.2 | 536 | 50.7 | 1288 | 57.8 |
| High triacylglycerides† | 269 | 23.0 | 347 | 32.8 | 616 | 27.6 |
| Abdominal obesity† | 926 | 79.0 | 749 | 70.8 | 1675 | 75.1 |
| Body Mass Index classification (kg/m2) | ||||||
| <24.9 | 420 | 35,8 | 275 | 26,0 | 695 | 31,2 |
| 25.0–29.9 | 371 | 31,7 | 415 | 39,2 | 786 | 35,2 |
| ≥30.0 | 381 | 32,5 | 368 | 34,8 | 749 | 33,6 |
†According IDF/AHA/NHLBI/WHF/IAS/IASO 2009 criteria.