Table 1.

Prevalence of co-morbidities and smoking habits in the adult Maltese population [14–19]

Co-morbidity/lifestyle	Male*	Female*
Type 2 diabetes	13.56%	6.98%
Impaired fasting glucose	28.18%	18.57%
Overweight	39.39%	31.81%
Obese	36.89%	31.25%
Hypertension	35.04%	25.09%
Global dyslipidaemia**	23.77%	14.62%
Smokers	24.87%	16.37%

*Patients aged 18–70 years representative data from a national health examination survey 2014–2016

**A combination of (i) population reported on statin medication and (ii) no medication but had a dyslipidaemic picture on blood testing