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. 2018 Sep 13;13(9):e0203587. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0203587

Table 3. Prevalence (%) and 95% CI of biological risk factors for non-communicable diseases among civil servants in Ibadan.

Characteristics Abdominal obesity Raised blood pressure Overweight or obesity Raised blood sugar
Overall
Prevalence
37.1 (33.2–40.1) 33.1 (29.3–36.8) 57.3 (53.3–61.3) 7.1 (5.0–9.1)
Age group
20–29 21.2 (11.3–31.2) 9.1 (2.1–16.1) 38.5 (26.5–50.4) 3.0 (-1.1–7.1)
30–39 25.4 (18.1–32.7) 18.8 (12.3–25.4) 47.4 (39.0–55.9) 5.7 (1.8–9.6)
40–49 43.4 (36.3–50.5) 34.7 (27.9–41.5) 68.4 (61.8–75.1) 4.7 (1.7–7.7)
50+ 42.6 (35.3–50.0) 49.7 (42.3–57.1) 59.2 (51.9–66.5) 13.1 (8.0–18.1)
p for trend 0.001 <0.001 0.001 0.011
Gender
Male 10.2 (6.9–13.5) 31.0 (25.9–36.0) 42.4 (37.0–47.8) 7.4 (4.5–10.2)
Female 68.3 (62.8–73.8) 35.6 (30.0–41.3) 74.8 (69.7–80.0) 6.8 (3.8–9.7)
p for trend 0.001 0.219 0.001 0.976
Marital Status
Single 21.1 (11.5–30.7) 12.9 (4.9–20.8) 35.7 (24.4–47.0) 2.8 (- 0.8–19.0)
Currently Married 37.0 (32,7–41.3) 35.1 (30.9–39.3) 59.8 (55.4–64.2) 7.5 (5.2–9.8)
Previously married 63.2 (40.8–85.5) 52.6 (29.5–75.7) 57.9 (35.0–80.7) 5.3 (-5.1–15.6)
p for trend 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.182
Level of Education
Primary 15.1 (2.7–27.6) 59.3 (43.6–77.5) 34.3 (17.6–51.1) 9.1 (-0.8–19.0)
Secondary 43.9 (34.5–53.4) 37.4 (30.9–39.3) 55.2 (45.7–64.8) 9.3 (3.8–14.9)
Post-secondary 36.4 (31.8–41.0) 29.9 (25.6–34.2) 58.3 (53.7–63.0) 6.1 (3.9–8.4)
p for trend 0.340 0.003 0.022 0.715
Income
< 20,999 27.5 (18.7–36.1) 28.4 (19.6–37.2) 42.6 (32.9–52.2) 6.8 (1.9–11.8)
21,000–60,999 39.8 (34.1–45.5) 31.3 (26.0–36.7) 56.3 (50.5–62.1) 6.2 (3.4–9.0)
61,000–100,000 26.8 (17.9–35.7) 42.9 (31.9–51.7) 63.9 (54.3–73.6) 7.1 (2.0–12.3)
>100,000 44.6 (31.5–57.8) 35.7 (23.0–48.4) 69.6 (57.5–81.8) 12.5 (3.7–21.3)
p for trend 0.306 0.078 0.001 0.018
Job Cadre
Junior 30.0 (23.5–36.5) 25.3 (19.1–31.5) 48.4 (41.2–55.6) 6.2 (2.8–9.7)
Middle level 42.4 (36.5–48.2) 31.3 (32.1–43.6) 60.4 (54.6–66.2) 6.1 (3.3–8.9)
Senior level 32.6 (23.5–41.9) 35.3 (25.9–44.6) 67.3 (58.1–76.5) 11.8 (5.5–18.1)
p for trend 0.290 0.095 0.110 0.174