Table 2.

Prevalence and unadjusted and adjusted associations of sociodemographic factors with high total CVD risk (≥20% on laboratory-based estimates) in men and women

	Men							Women
	Unadjusted				Adjusted			Unadjusted				Adjusted
	N	%	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	p-value	N	%	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	p-value
CVD risk ≥20%	369	13.0						656	6.1
Education (years)
>7	227	7.5	1.00		1.00			416	2.4	1.00		1.00
≤7	142	23.0	3.69	2.07 – 6.55	3.09	1.67 – 5.71	<0.001	240	14.3	6.7	3.65 – 12.36	4.20	1.96 – 9.01	<0.001
% of life spent in the city
<50	127	9.6	1.00		1.00			301	4.6	1.00		1.00
≥50	242	14.9	1.64	0.83 – 3.24	1.29	0.58 – 2.86	0.529	355	7.5	1.69	0.90 – 3.17	1.64	0.74 – 3.62	0.220
Work							<0.001							<0.001
Employed	88	3.2	1.00		1.00			133	2.5	1.00		1.00
Unemployed	227	9.7	3.22	1.21 – 8.56	3.44	1.21 – 9.81	0.021	397	2.9	1.18	0.38 – 3.68	1.12	0.36 – 3.54	0.844
Other*	54	47.7	27.4	9.33 – 80.14	22.10	7.22 – 67.66	<0.001	126	25.1	13.20	4.74 – 36.73	9.66	3.22 – 29.00	<0.001
House							0.136							0.044
Informal shack/other	182	9.1	1.00		1.00			275	4.0	1.00		1.00
Council/core house/hostel	108	18.9	2.32	1.21 – 4.42	2.01	0.98 – 4.09	0.056	250	6.5	1.66	0.83 – 3.32	1.59	0.78 – 3.24	0.201
Built formal unit (private)	79	15.9	1.88	0.92 – 3.84	1.21	0.47 – 3.06	0.693	131	10.7	2.87	1.44 – 5.71	2.74	1.24 – 6.06	0.013
Asset index							0.270							0.013
1st (poorest)	137	9.3	1.00		1.00			210	7.8	1.00		1.00
2nd	108	14.8	1.70	0.87 – 3.33	1.49	0.69 – 3.25	0.310	241	3.8	0.47	0.24 – 0.95	0.29	0.13 – 0.66	0.003
3rd (richest)	124	15.4	1.78	0.89 – 3.59	2.10	0.85 – 5.14	0.105	205	7.1	0.91	0.47 – 1.74	0.44	0.18 – 1.05	0.065

CVD = cardiovascular disease; OR = odds ratio; CI – confidence interval.

^*Pensioners, homemakers, students and those receiving disability grants.

Bold font denotes significant findings with p<0.050