Table 2.
Prevalence of individual risk factors for cardiovascular disease
| Characteristic | Range | Overall (384) n (%) |
Male (128) n (%) |
Female (256) n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI (Kg/m2) | Underweight | 12 (4.4) | 7 (7.9) | 5 (2.7) | < 0.001 |
| Normal | 115 (42.4) | 53 (59.6) | 62 (34.1) | ||
| Overweight | 75 (27.7) | 21 (23.6) | 54 (29.7) | ||
| Obese | 69 (25.5) | 8 (9) | 61 (33.5) | ||
| Blood pressure (mmHg) | < 130/80 | 163 (79.1) | 42 (75) | 121 (80.7) | 0.373 |
| ≥ 130/80 | 43 (20.9) | 14 (25) | 29 (19.3) | ||
|
Plasma glucose (mmol/L) |
< 5.6 | 182 (74) | 54 (69.2) | 128 (76.2) | 0.247 |
| ≥ 5.6 | 64 (26) | 24 (30.8) | 40 (23.8) | ||
|
Triglycerides (mmol/L) |
< 1.7 | 74 (66.7) | 19 (63.3) | 55 (67.9) | 0.650 |
| ≥ 1.7 | 37 (33.3) | 11 (36.7) | 26 (32.1) | ||
|
Low HDL (mmol/L) |
Male < 1.03, Female < 1.29 |
55 (49.1) | 9 (29) | 46 (56.8) | < 0.01 |
|
Male ≥ 1.03, Female > 1.29 |
57 (50.9) | 22 (71) | 35 (43.2) |