Table 2.
Distribution of prevalence of NCDs and associated risk factors for respondents in urban and rural areas.
| NCDS/RISK FACTOR | URBAN n = 1396 (%) |
RURAL n = 1587 (%) |
TOTAL n = 2983 (%) |
χ2 | P-VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes | |||||
| No | 95.9 | 96.8 | 96.4 | 1.05 | 0.31 |
| Yes | 4.1 | 3.2 | 3.6 | ||
| Hypertension | |||||
| No | 63.5 | 57.5 | 60.3 | ||
| Yes | 36.5 | 42.5 | 39.7 | 10.94 | 0.001 |
| Smoking status | |||||
| Yes | 13.2 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 0.06 | 0.81 |
| No | 86.8 | 86.5 | 86.7 | ||
| BMI | |||||
| Normal | 55.2 | 64.3 | 60.1 | 21.87 | <0.001 |
| Overweight/obese | 44.8 | 35.7 | 39.9 | ||
| Alcohol use | |||||
| Yes | 49.2 | 45.9 | 47.0 | 1.57 | 0.21 |
| No | 51.6 | 54.1 | 53.0 | ||
| Physical activity level (MET mins/week) | |||||
| <600 | 49.3 | 53.1 | 51.3 | 3.84 | 0.05 |
| ≥600 | 50.7 | 46.9 | 48.7 | ||
| Mean (SD);Median | 978.5 (946.5); 685.7 | 1056.3 (901.0); 822.9 | 1020.5 (881.7); 728.9 |