Table 3.
Stratification of cholesterol by hypertension, sex, race, and BMI.
| Cholesterol (n = 536) (missing = 28) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal (<4.5) | Abnormal (>=4.5) | Total | p value | |||
| n | % | n | % | n | ||
| Cholesterol | 478 | 89% | 58 | 11% | 536 | |
| Hypertension | ||||||
| Both normal | 269 | 89% | 34 | 11% | 303 | 0,06 |
| Prehypertensive | 146 | 93% | 11 | 7% | 157 | |
| Hypertensive | 63 | 83% | 13 | 17% | 76 | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male | 186 | 93% | 13 | 7% | 199 | 0,01 |
| Female | 292 | 87% | 45 | 13% | 337 | |
| Race | ||||||
| African | 414 | 92% | 34 | 8% | 448 | <0.001 |
| Other racial groups | 64 | 73% | 24 | 27% | 88 | |
| BMI | ||||||
| Normal | 348 | 93% | 28 | 7% | 376 | < 0.001 |
| Overweight | 73 | 83% | 15 | 17% | 88 | |
| Obese | 57 | 79% | 15 | 21% | 72 | |
Other racial groups: comprised of South African, Indian, White, and mixed race.