Table 1.
Clinical and demographic characteristics of the study subjects.
| Number of Individuals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPD | Without PPD | |||
| Variable | n = 542 | n = 2165 | p Value | |
| Age Group | 1 | |||
| 20–24 | 100 (18.5%) | 400 (18.5%) | ||
| 25–29 | 191 (35.2%) | 762 (35.2%) | ||
| 30–34 | 171 (31.5%) | 684 (31.6%) | ||
| 35–39 | 71 (13.1%) | 284 (13.1%) | ||
| ≥40 | 9 (1.7%) | 35 (1.6%) | ||
| Income Group | 0.43 | |||
| <20,000 | 398 (73.4%) | 1476 (68.2%) | ||
| 20,000–39,999 | 116 (21.4%) | 535 (24.7%) | ||
| 40,000–59,999 | 27 (5.0%) | 132 (6.1%) | ||
| ≥60,000 | 1 (0.2%) | 22 (1.0%) | ||
| Geography | 0.40 | |||
| North | 293 (54.1%) | 1142 (52.7%) | ||
| Central | 93 (17.2%) | 392 (18.1%) | ||
| South | 137 (25.2%) | 580 (26.8%) | ||
| Other (eastern and outlying islands) | 19 (3.5%) | 51 (2.4%) | ||
| Urbanization | 0.66 | |||
| 1 (highest) | 262 (48.4%) | 987 (45.6%) | ||
| 2 | 133 (24.5%) | 560 (25.9%) | ||
| 3 | 101 (18.6%) | 438 (20.2%) | ||
| 4 (lowest) | 46 (8.5%) | 180 (8.3%) | ||
| Comorbidity | ||||
| DM | 30 (5.5%) | 62 (2.9%) | <0.05 | |
| Hypertension | 35 (6.5%) | 79 (3.6%) | <0.05 | |
| Hyperlipidemia | 49 (9.0%) | 142 (6.6%) | <0.05 | |
| CAD | 23 (4.2%) | 35 (1.6%) | <0.001 | |
| Stroke | 13 (2.4%) | 13 (0.6%) | <0.001 | |
| Alcoholism | 21 (3.9%) | 12 (0.6%) | <0.001 | |
| Obesity | 9 (1.7%) | 28 (1.3%) | 0.51 | |
| Tobacco use disorder | 36 (6.6%) | 82 (3.8%) | <0.05 | |
DM, Diabetes mellitus. CAD, Coronary artery disease.