Table 2.
The distribution of the poor, intermediate, and ideal levels of cardiovascular health for each of the 7 CVHI metrics in the AWI-Gen sample stratified by sex and country
| CVHI metrics | Levels | Combined sample | Women | Men | Burkina Faso | Ghana | Kenya | South Africa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smoking | Poor | 984 (10.9) | 103 (2.3) | 881 (19.7) | 124 (6.0) | 190 (11.0) | 309 (16.2) | 361 (11.0) |
| Intermediate | 1600 (17.8) | 73 (1.6) | 1527 (34.1) | 142 (6.8) | 355 (20.5) | 230 (12.0) | 873 (26.5) | |
| Ideal | 6427 (71.3) | 4361 (96.1) | 2066 (46.2) | 1808 (87.2) | 1184 (68.5) | 1374 (71.8) | 2061 (62.5) | |
| Physical activity | Poor | 1355 (15.0) | 603 (13.3) | 752 (16.8) | 402 (19.4) | 257 (14.9) | 130 (6.8) | 566 (17.2) |
| Intermediate | 442 (4.9) | 227 (5.0) | 215 (4.8) | 63 (3.0) | 86 (5.0) | 129 (6.7) | 164 (5.0) | |
| Ideal | 7214 (80.1) | 3707 (81.7) | 3507 (78.4) | 1609 (77.6) | 1386 (80.2) | 1654 (86.5) | 2565 (77.8) | |
| Healthy diet score | Poor | 4266 (56.3) | 2359 (56.2) | 1907 (56.5) | 1324 (82.4) | 518 (30.0) | 578 (30.2) | 1846 (79.4) |
| Intermediate | 1946 (25.7) | 1070 (25.5) | 876 (26.0) | 271 (16.9) | 778 (45.0) | 620 (32.4) | 277 (11.9) | |
| Ideal | 1361 (18.0) | 770 (18.3) | 591 (17.5) | 12 (0.7) | 433 (25.0) | 715 (37.4) | 201 (8.6) | |
| Body mass index | Poor | 1393 (15.5) | 1092 (24.1) | 301 (6.7) | 36 (1.7) | 45 (2.6) | 375 (19.6) | 937 (28.4) |
| Intermediate | 1673 (18.6) | 914 (20.2) | 759 (17.0) | 177 (8.5) | 168 (9.7) | 494 (25.8) | 834 (25.3) | |
| Ideal | 5943 (66.0) | 2529 (55.8) | 3414 (76.3) | 1861 (89.7) | 1516 (87.7) | 1043 (54.6) | 1523 (46.2) | |
| Blood pressure | Poor | 1211 (13.4) | 548 (12.1) | 663 (14.8) | 123 (5.9) | 210 (12.1) | 216 (11.3) | 662 (20.1) |
| Intermediate | 2204 (24.5) | 1006 (22.2) | 1198 (26.8) | 331 (16.0) | 380 (22.0) | 445 (23.3) | 1048 (31.8) | |
| Ideal | 5596 (62.1) | 2983 (65.7) | 2613 (58.4) | 1620 (78.1) | 1139 (65.9) | 1252 (65.4) | 1585 (48.1) | |
| Fasting glucose | Poor | 513 (5.7) | 281 (6.2) | 232 (5.2) | 77 (3.7) | 70 (4.0) | 127 (6.6) | 239 (7.3) |
| Intermediate | 1203 (13.4) | 569 (12.5) | 634 (14.2) | 305 (14.7) | 113 (6.5) | 354 (18.5) | 431 (13.1) | |
| Ideal | 7295 (81.0) | 3687 (81.3) | 3608 (80.6) | 1692 (81.6) | 1546 (89.4) | 1432 (74.9) | 2625 (79.7) | |
| Total cholesterol | Poor | 350 (3.9) | 185 (4.1) | 165 (3.7) | 44 (2.1) | 10 (0.6) | 107 (5.6) | 189 (5.7) |
| Intermediate | 805 (8.9) | 425 (9.4) | 382 (8.5) | 97 (4.7) | 44 (2.5) | 282 (14.6) | 382 (11.6) | |
| Ideal | 7856 (87.2) | 3927 (86.6) | 3929 (87.8) | 1933 (93.2) | 1675 (96.9) | 1524 (79.7) | 2724 (82.7) |
Data presented as n (%); levels of CVH = cardiovascular health which is defined as poor (CVHI score of 0–7), intermediate (CVHI score of 8–11), and optimum (CVHI score of 12–14)