Table 4. Prevalence of ideal cardiovascular health metrics by education and wealth index groups, Serbia, 2013.
| CVH metrics | Low education (n = 3080) % (95% CI) |
Middle education (n = 6621) % (95% CI) |
High education (n = 2045) % (95% CI) |
P* | Poor wealth index group (n = 5043) % (95% CI) |
Middle wealth index group (n = 2350) % (95% CI) |
Rich wealth index group (n = 4353) % (95% CI) |
P* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal smoking | 69.1 (67.4–70.8) | 59.5 (58.3–60.6) | 69.9 (67.8–72.0) | <0.001 | 64.0 (62.7–65.3) | 63.7 (61.8–65.7) | 63.6 (62.2–65.0) | 0.928 |
| Ideal healthy diet | 0.7 (0.2–1.3) | 2.2 (1.9–2.6) | 5.4 (4.8–6.1) | <0.001 | 1.2 (0.8–1.6) | 2.5 (1.9–3.1) | 3.7 (3.3–4.2) | <0.001 |
| Ideal physical activity | 44.1 (42.3–45.8) | 56.2 (55.0–57.4) | 54.7 (52.5–56.8) | <0.001 | 52.0 (50.7–53.4) | 52.1 (50.1–54.1) | 53.9 (52.4–55.4) | 0.151 |
| Ideal BMI | 32.6 (30.9–34.4) | 42.1 (40.9–43.3) | 46.5 (44.3–48.6) | <0.001 | 38.7 (37.4–40.1) | 38.6 (36.6–40.5) | 43.3 (41.8–44.8) | <0.001 |
| Ideal blood pressure | 9.7 (8.3–11.0) | 19.4 (18.5–20.3) | 23.5 (21.9–25.2) | <0.001 | 13.8 (12.8–14.8) | 16.6 (15.0–18.1) | 22.4 (21.3–23.5) | <0.001 |
| Ideal cholesterol | 82.4 (81.2–83.6) | 88.1 (87.2–88.9) | 86.7 (85.3–88.2) | <0.001 | 86.3 (85.4–87.3) | 86.7 (85.3–88.1) | 86.2 (85.2–87.2) | 0.857 |
| Ideal glucose | 87.5 (86.5–88.4) | 93.9 (93.3–94.6) | 93.5 (92.4–94.7) | <0.001 | 90.9 (90.2–91.7) | 92.0 (90.9–93.0) | 93.7 (92.9–94.5) | <0.001 |
CVH, Cardiovascular health
BMI, Body mass index
*According to Chi-square test.