Table 2.
Behavioral Risk factors associated with baseline characteristics among the study subjects
| Variable | Total | Behavioral risk Factors for cardiovascular diseases (Yes, %) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of tobacco | Use of alcohol | Insufficient fruit & Veg. | physical inactivity | ||
| N (%) | Yes, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | Yes, n (%) | |
| 426 (100) | 91(21.36) | 57 (13.38) | 370 (86.9) | 230 (53.99) | |
| Age (years) | p = 0.006 | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.686 | p = 0.004 | |
| < 20 | 102 (23.9) | 33 (32.4) | 22 (21.6) | 86 (84.3) | 65 (63.7) |
| 20–34 | 290 (68.1) | 45 (17.2) | 21 (8.0) | 254 (87.5) | 143 (46.2) |
| 35–45 | 34 (8.0) | 13 (21.0) | 14 (22.6) | 30 (88.2) | 22 (64.7) |
| Caste/ethnicity | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.044 | p < 0.0001 | |
| Dalit | 71 (16.7) | 31 (43.7) | 30 (42.3) | 68 (95.8) | 17 (23.9) |
| Adibasi/ Janajati | 91 (21.4) | 27 (29.7) | 7 (7.7) | 79 (86.8) | 37 (40.7) |
| Upper caste group | 264 (62.0) | 33 (12.5) | 20 (7.6) | 223 (84.5) | 176 (66.7) |
| Origin | p = 0.542 | p = 0.01 | p = 0.235 | p = 0.466 | |
| Hill | 120 (28.2) | 34 (19.9) | 31 (18.1) | 100 (83.3) | 96 (56.1) |
| Terai | 306 (71.8) | 57 (22.4) | 26 (10.2) | 270 (88.2) | 134 (52.5) |
| Religion | p = 0.05 | p = 0.086 | p = 0.835 | p = 0.146 | |
| Hindu | 391 (91.8) | 79 (20.2) | 49 (12.5) | 340 (87.0) | 207 (52.9) |
| Muslim/Buddhist | 35 (8.2) | 12 (34.3) | 8 (22.9) | 30 (85.7) | 23 (65.7) |
| Women education | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | p = 0.005 | p < 0.0001 | |
| No education | 108 (25.4) | 49 (35.3) | 42 (30.2) | 99 (91.6) | 50 (36.0) |
| Primary | 149 (35.0) | 23 (19.5) | 3 (2.5) | 136 (91.2) | 76 (64.4) |
| Secondary | 79 (18.5) | 7 (8.9) | 5 (6.3) | 65 (82.2) | 52 (65.8) |
| Higher | 90 (21.1) | 12 (13.3) | 7 (7.8) | 70 (77.7) | 52 (57.8) |
| Women occupation | p = 0.545 | p = 0.002 | p = 0.971 | p = 0.623 | |
| Non-agriculture | 292 (68.5) | 60 (20.5) | 29 (9.9) | 254 (87.0) | 132 (45.2) |
| Agriculture | 134 (31.5) | 31 (23.1) | 28 (20.9) | 116 (86.6) | 64 (47.8) |
| Wealth Index | p < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | P < 0.0001 | p < 0.0001 | |
| Lower | 124 (29.1) | 48 (38.7) | 38 (30.6) | 119 (93.5) | 43 (34.7) |
| Second | 100 (23.5) | 13 (13.0) | 5 (5.0) | 80 (83.0) | 53 (53.0) |
| Middle | 84 (19.7) | 12 (14.3) | 4 (4.8) | 80 (95.2) | 53 (63.1) |
| Fourth | 61 (14.3) | 6 (9.8) | 4 6.6) | 52 (85.2) | 47 (77.0) |
| Highest | 57 (13.4) | 12 (21.1) | 6 (10.5) | 39 (63.1) | 34 (59.6) |
| Parity | p = 0.540 | p = 0.021 | p = 0.334 | p = 0.329 | |
| Primi | 167 (39.20) | 32 (19.2) | 17 (10.2) | 149 (89.2) | 91 (54.5) |
| 1 | 112 (26.29) | 29 (25.9) | 19 (17.0) | 98 (87.5) | 63 (56.2) |
| 2 | 58 (13.62) | 13 (22.4) | 3 (5.2) | 61 (87.9) | 35 (60.3) |
| 3+ | 89 (20.89) | 17 (19.1) | 18 (20.2) | 82 (92.1) | 41 (46.1) |
Note: p < 0.05 for statistical significance