Table 9.
Interrelationship of noncommunicable disorder and the risk factors – statistical analysis
| Risk factors | Gender | Parameters | No. of participants | χ2 (P) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Normal | Affected (percentage in parentheses) | ||||
| Overweight versus HTN | Female | BMI <25 | 905 | 824 | 81 (9.0) | 14.04 (<0.001***) |
| BMI >25 | 55 | 41 | 14 (25.5) | |||
| BMI <23 | 852 | 776 | 76 (8.9) | 19.13 (0.001***) | ||
| BMI >23 | 108 | 83 | 25 (23.1) | |||
| Male | BMI <25 | 823 | 740 | 83 (10.1) | 31.65 (0.001***) | |
| BMI >25 | 81 | 55 | 26 (32.1) | |||
| BMI <23 | 738 | 673 | 65 (8.8) | 61.81 (<0.001***) | ||
| BMI >23 | 166 | 113 | 53 (31.9) | |||
| Overweight versus diabetes | Female | BMI <25 | 633 | 610 | 23 (3.6) | 0.87 (<0.35 NS) |
| BMI >25 | 37 | 34 | 3 (8.1) | |||
| BMI <23 | 593 | 572 | 21 (3.5) | 0.89 (<0.34 NS) | ||
| BMI >23 | 77 | 72 | 5 (6.5) | |||
| Male | BMI <25 | 520 | 492 | 28 (5.4) | 7.62 (<0.01**) | |
| BMI >25 | 48 | 40 | 8 (16.7) | |||
| BMI <23 | 463 | 440 | 23 (5) | 6.72 (0.034*) | ||
| BMI >23 | 105 | 92 | 13 (12.4) | |||
| Overweight versus hypercholesterolemia | Female | BMI <25 | 433 | 406 | 27 (6.2) | 1.42 (0.23 NS) |
| BMI >25 | 29 | 25 | 4 (13.8) | |||
| BMI <23 | 408 | 385 | 23 (5.6) | 5.03 (0.02*) | ||
| BMI >23 | 54 | 46 | 8 (14.8) | |||
| Male | BMI <25 | 364 | 346 | 18 (4.9) | 3.15 (0.08 NS) | |
| BMI >25 | 28 | 24 | 4 (14.3) | |||
| BMI <23 | 324 | 310 | 14 (4.3) | 4.56 (0.03*) | ||
| BMI >23 | 68 | 60 | 8 (11.) | |||
| Cholesterol versus HTN | Female | <200 | 413 | 366 | 47 (11.4) | 4.69 (0.03*) |
| >200 | 30 | 22 | 8 (26.7) | |||
| Male | <200 | 370 | 329 | 41 (11.1) | 3.74 (0.53 NS) | |
| >200 | 22 | 16 | 6 (27.3) | |||
| Diabetes versus HTN | Female | Nondiabetes | 645 | 582 | 63 (9.8) | 1.53 (0.22 NS) |
| Diabetic | 26 | 21 | 5 (19.2) | |||
| Male | Nondiabetes | 533 | 477 | 56 (10.5) | 3.24 (0.07 NS) | |
| Diabetic | 37 | 29 | 8 (21.6) | |||
| Diabetes versus hypercholesterolemia | Female | Nondiabetic | 362 | 345 | 17 (4.7) | 4.54 (0.03*) |
| Diabetic | 14 | 11 | 3 (21.4) | |||
| Male | Nondiabetic | 297 | 279 | 18 (6.1) | 0.61 (0.44 NS) | |
| Diabetic | 24 | 24 | 0 (0) | |||
BMI: Body mass index, NS: Not significant, HTN: Hypertension, *Significant (P<0.05); **Highly significant (P <0.01) and ***Very highly significant (P <0.001)