Table 2. Frequency and age- and sex-adjusted odds ratios for insufficient knowledge on each cardiovascular risk factor: NIPPON DATA2010.
| Hypertension | Diabetes mellitus | Hypercholesterolemia | |||||||
| Number of insufficient knowledge/total (%) | OR (95% CI) |
Number of insufficient knowledge/total (%) | OR (95% CI) |
Number of insufficient knowledge/total (%) | OR (95% CI) |
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| Employment status | |||||||||
| Employed | 165/1,293 | (12.8) | Reference | 721/1,293 | (55.8) | Reference | 315/1,293 | (24.4) | Reference |
| Unemployed | 167/1,174 | (14.2) | 1.00 (0.77–1.31) |
627/1,174 | (53.4) | 0.94 (0.78–1.13) |
336/1,174 | (28.6) | 1.00 (0.81–1.23) |
| Length of education | |||||||||
| ≥13 years | 82/797 | (10.3) | Reference | 434/797 | (54.5) | Reference | 143/797 | (17.9) | Reference |
| 10–12 years | 149/1,090 | (13.7) | 1.31 (0.98–1.77) |
586/1,090 | (53.8) | 1.03 (0.85–1.24) |
288/1,090 | (26.4) | 1.55 (1.23–1.95) |
| <10 years | 101/580 | (17.4) | 1.63 (1.15–1.75) |
328/580 | (56.6) | 1.22 (0.96–1.56) |
220/580 | (37.9) | 2.45 (1.86–3.22) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Ever married | 301/2,249 | (13.4) | Reference | 1,229/2,249 | (54.7) | Reference | 599/2,249 | (26.6) | Reference |
| Never married | 31/218 | (14.2) | 1.44 (0.93–2.24) |
119/218 | (54.6) | 0.90 (0.67–1.22) |
52/218 | (23.9) | 1.28 (0.90–1.83) |
| Living status | |||||||||
| Living together | 288/2,193 | (13.1) | Reference | 1,198/2,193 | (54.6) | Reference | 559/2,193 | (25.5) | Reference |
| Living alone | 44/274 | (16.1) | 1.17 (0.83–1.67) |
150/274 | (54.7) | 1.04 (0.80–1.34) |
92/274 | (33.6) | 1.31 (0.99–1.72) |
| Equivalent household expenditure | |||||||||
| Upper 4 quintiles | 249/1,984 | (12.6) | Reference | 1,077/1,984 | (54.3) | Reference | 506/1,984 | (25.5) | Reference |
| Lowest quintile | 83/483 | (17.2) | 1.43 (1.09–1.87) |
271/483 | (56.1) | 1.08 (0.89–1.32) |
145/483 | (30.0) | 1.23 (0.98–1.53) |
| Low HDL cholesterol | Arrhythmia | Smoking | |||||||
| Number of insufficient knowledge/total (%) | OR (95% CI) |
Number of insufficient knowledge/total (%) | OR (95% CI) |
Number of insufficient knowledge/total (%) | OR (95% CI) |
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| Employment status | |||||||||
| Employed | 803/1,293 | (62.1) | Reference | 688/1,293 | (53.2) | Reference | 511/1,293 | (39.5) | Reference |
| Unemployed | 720/1,174 | (61.3) | 1.09 (0.91–1.32) |
557/1,174 | (47.4) | 1.03 (0.85–1.23) |
515/1,174 | (43.9) | 1.02 (0.85–1.23) |
| Length of education | |||||||||
| ≥13 years | 481/797 | (60.4) | Reference | 407/797 | (51.1) | Reference | 287/797 | (36.0) | Reference |
| 10–12 years | 658/1,090 | (60.4) | 1.08 (0.89–1.31) |
534/1,090 | (49.0) | 1.10 (0.91–1.33) |
447/1,090 | (41.0) | 1.20 (0.98–1.46) |
| <10 years | 384/580 | (66.2) | 1.49 (1.16–1.91) |
304/580 | (52.4) | 1.52 (1.19–1.94) |
292/580 | (50.3) | 1.71 (1.34–2.19) |
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Ever married | 1,377/2,249 | (61.2) | Reference | 1,114/2,249 | (49.5) | Reference | 941/2,249 | (41.8) | Reference |
| Never married | 146/218 | (67.0) | 1.20 (0.87–1.65) |
131/218 | (60.1) | 1.12 (0.82–1.52) |
85/218 | (39.0) | 1.11 (0.81–1.51) |
| Living status | |||||||||
| Living together | 1,351/2,193 | (61.6) | Reference | 1,110/2,193 | (50.6) | Reference | 906/2,193 | (41.3) | Reference |
| Living alone | 172/274 | (62.8) | 1.10 (0.85–1.44) |
135/274 | (49.3) | 1.09 (0.84–1.41) |
120/274 | (43.8) | 1.02 (0.79–1.32) |
| Equivalent household expenditure | |||||||||
| Upper 4 quintiles | 1,210/1,984 | (61.0) | Reference | 978/1,984 | (49.3) | Reference | 808/1,984 | (40.7) | Reference |
| Lowest quintile | 313/483 | (64.8) | 1.19 (0.96–1.46) |
267/483 | (55.3) | 1.31 (1.07–1.60) |
218/483 | (45.1) | 1.18 (0.97–1.45) |
CI, confidence interval; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; OR, odds ratio.
Defined as cardiovascular risk factors of the following criteria: hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, low HDL cholesterol, arrhythmia, and smoking.
Odds ratios were adjusted for age and sex.