Table 4.
Age and gender standardised percentage prevalence of cardio metabolic risk factors by ethnicity and gender
| Variable, n (%) | Fulbe, 419 (21.8) | Mbororo, 918 (47.8) | General population, 584 (30.4) | Pooled, 1 921 (100.0) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men, 139 | Women, 280 | Men, 286 | Women, 632 | Men, 212 | Women, 372 | Men, 637 | Women, 1284 | |
| Raised blood glucose | ||||||||
| IFG, 224 (7.8) | 7.7 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 8.0 |
| Diabetes,76 (3.1) | 3.6 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 |
| Raised blood pressure | ||||||||
| Pre-tensive, 694 (22.2) | 28.3 | 21.9 | 25.6 | 18.3 | 26.0 | 22.2 | 26.4 | 20.1 |
| Hypertensive, 592 (24.2) | 26.2 | 25.2 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 24.9 | 23.0 | 25.0 | 24.3 |
| BMI | ||||||||
| Underweight, 715 (24.3) | 20.2 | 24.9 | 31.1 | 34.0 | 12.5 | 9.8 | 22.4 | 24.9 |
| Overweight, 168 (6.1) | 3.3 | 10.5 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 9.0 | 11.2 | 4.6 | 7.1 |
| Obese, 59 (2.2) | 2.3 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 4.5 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
| SIR from WHR 725 (26.4) | 19.3 | 29.1 | 19.9 | 26.5 | 19.0 | 36.1 | 19.7 | 30.0 |
| IR from WC, 267 (9.5) | 6.0 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 11.0 | 4.4 | 17.0 | 3.3 | 13.0 |
| SIR from WC, 208 (7.6) | 2.7 | 14.8 | 0.4 | 7.6 | 1.2 | 15.7 | 1.2 | 11.6 |