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. 2012 Feb;74(1-2):51–61.

Table 4.

Associations between risk factors for cardiovascular diseases and socioeconomic characteristics

Tobacco smoking ORc
(95% CId)
Overweighta OR
(95% CI)
Hypertensionb OR
(95% CI)
Alcohol drinking OR
(95% CI)
No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Number (%) Number (%) Number (%) Number (%) Number (%) Number (%) Number (%) Number (%)
Age group (years)
25–34 111 (23.0) 31 (24.0) 1(Reference) 119 (30.9) 23 (10.2) 1
(Reference)
128 (25.3) 14 (13.3) 1
(Reference)
81 (22.6) 61 (24.1) 1
(Reference)
35–44 118 (24.5) 35 (27.1) 1.1(0.6–1.8) 100 (26.0) 53 (23.5) 2.8e(1.6–4.9) 135 (26.7) 18 (17.1) 1.2(0.6–2.6) 90 (25.1) 63 (24.9) 0.9(0.6–1.5)
45–54 143 (29.7) 38 (29.5) 1.0(0.6–1.6) 89 (23.1) 92 (40.7) 5.3e(3.1–9.2) 146 (28.9) 35 (33.3) 2.2f(1.1–4.3) 108 (30.2) 73 (28.9) 0.9(0.6–1.4)
55–65 110 (22.8) 25 (19.4) 0.8(0.5–1.5) 77 (20.0) 58 (25.7) 3.9e(2.2–6.8) 97 (19.2) 38 (36.2) 3.6e(1.8–7.0) 79 (22.1) 56 (22.1) 0.9(0.6–1.5)
Sex
Male 213 (44.2) 91 (70.5) 1
(Reference)
198 (51.4) 106 (46.9) 1(Reference) 260 (51.4) 44 (41.9) 1(Reference) 174 (48.6) 130 (51.4) 1(Reference)
Female 269 (55.8) 38 (29.5) 0.3e(0.2–0.5) 187 (48.6) 120 (53.1) 1.2(0.9–1.6) 246 (48.6) 61 (58.1) 1.5(1.0–2.2) 184 (51.4) 123 (48.6) 0.9(0.6–1.2)
Marital status
Married 372 (77.2) 110 (85.3) 1
(Reference)
296 (76.9) 186 (82.3) 1
(Reference)
399 (78.9) 83 (79.0) 1
(Reference)
282 (78.8) 200 (79.1) 1
(Reference)
Widow/ divorced 47 (9.8) 4 (3.1) 0.4(0.1–1.2) 29 (7.5) 22 (9.7) 0.9(0.5–1.7) 34 (6.7) 17 (16.2) 1.6(0.8–3.2) 28 (7.8) 23 (9.1) 1.2(0.7–2.2)
Unmarried 63 (13.1) 15 (11.6) 0.8(0.4–1.4) 60 (15.6) 18 (8.0) 0.7(0.4–1.2) 73 (14.4) 5 (4.8) 0.5(0.2–1.2) 48 (13.4) 30 (11.9) 0.9(0.5–1.5)
Education level
Below secondary 46 (9.5) 10 (7.8) 1
(Reference)
40 (10.4) 16 (7.1) 1
(Reference)
41 (8.1) 15 (14.3) 1(Reference) 34 (9.5) 22 (8.7) 1
(Reference)
Secondary 212 (44.0) 58 (45.0) 1.4(0.7–3.0) 170 (44.2) 100 (44.2) 1.9(1.0–3.7) 227 (44.9) 43 (41.0) 0.6(0.3–1.3) 159 (44.4) 111 (43.9) 1.1(0.6–2.0)
College 154 (32.0) 51 (39.5) 1.7(0.8–3.7) 125 (32.5) 80 (35.4) 1.9(1.0–3.7) 176 (34.8) 29 (27.6) 0.5(0.2–1.0) 117 (32.7) 88 (34.8) 1.2(0.7–2.2)
University 70 (14.5) 10 (7.8) 0.8(0.3–2.0) 50 (13.0) 30 (13.3) 1.8(0.8–3.0) 62 (12.3) 18 (17.1) 0.9(0.4–2.0) 48 (13.4) 32 (12.6) 1.1(0.5–2.1)
Professional group
Workerg 118 (24.5) 46 (35.7) 1
(Reference)
109 (28.3) 55 (24.3) 1
(Reference)
145 (28.7) 19 (18.1) 1(Reference) 91 (25.4) 73 (28.9) 1
(Reference)
Employee 174 (36.1) 39 (30.2) 0.8(0.5–1.4) 121 (21.4) 92 (40.7) 1.4(0.9–2.1) 172 (34.0) 41 (39.0) 1.6(0.9–3.0) 125 (34.9) 88 (34.8) 0.9(0.6–1.4)
Unemployed 190 (39.4) 44 (34.1) 0.8(0.5–1.2) 155 (40.3) 79 (35.0) 0.9(0.6–1.3) 189 (37.4) 45 (42.9) 1.5(0.8–2.7) 142 (39.7) 92 (36.4) 0.8(0.5–1.2)
Monthly family incomeh (tenge)
<36,000 345 (71.6) 97 (75.2) 1
(Reference)
293 (76.1) 149 (65.9) 1
(Reference)
369 (72.9) 73 (69.5) 1
(Reference)
258 (72.1) 184 (72.7) 1
(Reference)
≥36,000 137 (28.4) 32 (24.8) 1.1(0.7–1.7) 9223.9) 77 (34.1) 1.6f(1.1–2.4) 137 (27.1) 32 (30.5) 0.9(0.6–1.5) 100 (27.9) 69 (27.3) 1.0(0.7–1.5)
Knowledge
Poor 351 (72.8) 108 (83.7) 1
(Reference)
299 (77.7) 160 (70.8) 1
(Reference)
379 (74.9) 80 (76.2) 1
(Reference)
253 (70.7) 206 (81.4) 1
(Reference)
Good 131 (27.2) 21 (16.3) 1.2(0.8–1.8) 86 (22.3) 66 (29.2) 1.7f(1.2–2.4) 127 (25.1) 25 (23.8) 1.0(0.7–1.4) 105 (29.3) 47 (18.6) 0.7f(0.5–0.9)
Total 482 (78.9) 129 (21.1) 385 (63.0) 226 (37.0) 506 (82.8) 105 (17.2) 358 (58.6) 253 (41.4)

aOverweight: body mass index; BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 was treated as ‘overweight’; it also included obesity. bHypertension: systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm of Hg and diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mm of Hg was treated as ‘hypertension’. cOR: odds ratio; ORs were adjusted for age and sex. In knowledge, OR was adjusted for age, sex, income, and education. dCI: confidence interval. e: p<0.001. f: p<0.05. gWorker means ‘blue-collar workers’ engaged in hard physical labor. h1USD=120 tenge.