Table 2. Prevalence of selected risk factors across participating countries.
| Risk factor | Cameroon n (%) | Nigeria n (%) | DRC n (%) | Madagascar n (%) | Total n (%) | p-value |
| Hypertension (n = 844) | ||||||
| Yes | 141 (91.5) | 141 (66.8) | 237 (99.1) | 108 (45.0) | 630 (74.1) | 0.000 |
| No | 13 (8.5) | 70 (33.2) | 02 (0.9) | 132 (55.0) | 220 (25.9) | |
| Diabetes (n = 839) | ||||||
| Yes | 24 (15.6) | 51 (24.8) | 36 (15.0) | 21 (8.7) | 132 (15.7) | 0.000 |
| No | 130 (84.4) | 154 (75.2) | 204 (85.0) | 219 (91.3) | 707 (84.3) | |
| Alcohol consumption (n = 309) | ||||||
| Low–moderate | 71 (63.4) | 03 (100.0) | 98 (79.0) | 58 (82.8) | 230 (74.4) | 0.007 |
| Excessive | 41 (36.6) | 00 (0.0) | 26 (21.0) | 12 (17.2) | 79 (25.6) | |
| Smoking (n = 844) | ||||||
| Current | 10 (6.5) | 04 (1.8) | 11 (4.6) | 48 (20.0) | 73 (8.6) | 0.000 |
| Former | 10 (6.5) | 18 (8.5) | 15 (6.3) | 31 (12.9) | 74 (8.7) | |
| Never | 133 (87.0) | 190 (89.7) | 213 (89.1) | 161 (67.1) | 697 (82.7) | |
| Obesity (n = 844) | ||||||
| Normal | 28 (18.2) | 53 (25.1) | 64 (26.7) | 122 (50.8) | 267 (31.6) | |
| Overweight | 45 (29.2) | 60 (28.4) | 76 (31.6) | 94 (39.2) | 275 (32.6) | 0.000 |
| Obese | 69 (44.8) | 85 (40.3) | 88 (36.7) | 24 (10.0) | 266 (31.5) | |
| Morbidly obese | 12 (8.8) | 13 (6.2) | 11 (5.0) | 00 (0.0) | 36 (4.3) | |
p-values = comparison of variables across countries.