Table 2. Assessment of CVD Risk Factors Among University Students as Total and Divided by Gender.
| Variable | Total n (%) | Gender |
Pearson Chi-Square | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male n (%) | Female n (%) | |||
| Glucose | ||||
| ≤ 5.89 mmol/L | 313 (99.40) | 120 (38.10) | 193 (61.30) | 0.074 |
| > 5.89 mmol/L | 2 (0.60) | 2 (0.60) | 0 (0.00) | |
| Cholesterol | ||||
| < 5.2 mmol/L | 299 (94.90) | 116 (36.8) | 183 (58.10) | 0.513 |
| 5.2 - 6.2 mmol/L | 13 (4.1) | 4 (1.3) | 9 (2.9) | |
| > 6.2 mmol/L | 3 (1.0) | 2 (0.60) | 1 (0.30) | |
| TG | ||||
| ≤ 1.7 mmol/L | 288 (91.40) | 104 (33.00) | 184 (58.40) | 0.002 |
| > 1.7 mmol/L | 27 (8.60) | 18 (5.70) | 9 (2.90) | |
| HDL | ||||
| > 1 mmol/L | 222 (70.50) | 68 (21.60) | 154 (48.90) | 0.000 |
| ≤ 1 mmol/L | 93 (29.50) | 54 (17.10) | 39 (12.40) | |
| LDL | ||||
| < 3.4 mmol/L | 251 (93.00%) | 94 (34.80%) | 157 (58.10%) | 0.895 |
| 3.4 - 4.1 mmol/L | 17 (6.3%) | 7 (2.60%) | 10 (3.70%) | |
| > 4.1 mmol/L | 2 (0.7%) | 1 (0.4%) | 1 (0.4%) | |
| BMI | ||||
| < 18.5 | 30 (9.40) | 6 (1.90) | 24 (7.50) | 0.001 |
| 18.5 - 24.99 | 207 (65.10) | 76 (23.90) | 131 (41.20) | |
| 25 - 29.99 | 60 (18.90) | 33 (10.40) | 27 (8.50) | |
| ≥ 30 | 21 (6.60) | 13 (4.10) | 8 (2.50) | |
| WHR | ||||
| < 0.95 (M), ≥ 0.9 (F) | 319 (99.10) | 128 (39.80) | 191 (59.30) | 0.351 |
| > 0.95 (M), ≥ 0.9 (F) | 3 (0.90) | 2 (0.60) | 1 (0.30) | |
| Total PA | 0.255 | |||
| Low | 45 (13.2) | 14 (10.7) | 31 (14.8) | |
| Moderate | 98 (28.8) | 34 (26.0) | 64 (30.6) | |
| High | 197 (57.9) | 83 (63.4) | 114 (54.5) | |