Table 1. Characteristics of 1,083 male and 1,250 female 25–64 year old participants in the 2009 Viet Nam STEPS survey.*.
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or % | SE | Mean or % | SE | |
| Age (years) | 37 | 0.34 | 37 | 0.45 |
| Height (cm) | 163 | 0.38 | 153 | 0.31 |
| Weight (kg) | 59 | 1.06 | 50 | 0.46 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22 | 0.36 | 21 | 0.15 |
| Current smoker | 59% | 0.04 | 2% | 0.01 |
| ≥ 5 Alcoholic drinks/week | 15% | 0.02 | <1% | 0.00 |
| Physically inactive | 32% | 0.03 | 39% | 0.04 |
| Urban residence | 31% | 0.02 | 34% | 0.02 |
| Kinh ethnicity | 97% | 0.01 | 98% | 0.00 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 123 | 0.95 | 113 | 0.88 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 75 | 0.80 | 70 | 0.67 |
| Hypertension | 15% | 0.02 | 5% | 0.01 |
| Fasting Glucose (mmol/L) | 4.2 | 0.11 | 3.9 | 0.05 |
| Diabetes | 12% | 0.03 | 9% | 0.02 |
| Total Cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.7 | 0.05 | 4.7 | 0.05 |
| Estimated salt intake (g/day) | 10.2 | 0.19 | 9.5 | 0.15 |
*Nationally representative; weighted with sampling and post-stratification weights