Table 2.
Distribution of clinical and lifestyle characteristics for each 10-year CVD risk category
| Characteristic | CVD 10-Year Risk | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤7.5% (n = 1089) | > 7.5% (n = 528) | p-value* | ≤10% (n = 1222) | > 10% (n = 395) | p-value* | ≤20% (n = 1451) | > 20% (n = 166) | p-value* | |
| Elevated BMI - n (%) | 0.0113 | 0.0786 | 0.8752 | ||||||
| not elevated | 653 (60) | 351 (66.5) | 744 (60.9) | 260 (65.8) | 900 (62) | 104 (62.7) | |||
| elevated | 436 (40) | 177 (33.5) | 478 (39.1) | 135 (34.2) | 551 (38) | 62 (37.4) | |||
| Waist-to-hip Ratio - n (%) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
| not elevated | 616 (56.6) | 187 (35.4) | 675 (55.2) | 128 (32.4) | 762 (52.5) | 41 (24.7) | |||
| elevated | 473 (43.4) | 341 (64.6) | 547 (44.8) | 267 (67.6) | 689 (47.5) | 125 (75.3) | |||
| Waist Circumference - n (%) | 0.1099 | 0.2804 | 0.8134 | ||||||
| not elevated | 552 (50.7) | 290 (54.9) | 627 (51.3) | 215 (54.4) | 757 (52.2) | 85 (51.2) | |||
| elevated | 537 (49.3) | 238 (45.1) | 595 (48.7) | 180 (45.6) | 694 (47.8) | 81 (48.8) | |||
| Waist to height ratio - n (%) | 0.0115 | 0.0034 | 0.0184 | ||||||
| not elevated | 247 (22.7) | 91 (17.2) | 276 (22.6) | 62 (15.7) | 315 (21.7) | 23 (13.9) | |||
| elevated | 842 (77.3) | 437 (82.8) | 946 (77.4) | 333 (84.3) | 1136 (78.3) | 143 (86.1) | |||
| Education level - n (%) | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
| less than high school | 272 (25) | 219 (41.5) | 324 (26.5) | 167 (42.3) | 408 (28.1) | 83 (50) | |||
| high school | 257 (23.6) | 117 (22.2) | 291 (23.8) | 83 (21) | 341 (23.5) | 33 (19.9) | |||
| some college | 271 (24.9) | 116 (22) | 299 (24.5) | 88 (22.3) | 355 (24.5) | 32 (19.3) | |||
| college+ | 289 (26.5) | 76 (14.4) | 308 (25.2) | 57 (14.4) | 347 (23.9) | 18 (10.8) | |||
| Physical Activity - n (%) | 0.4951 | 0.2489 | 0.0052 | ||||||
| low | 495 (45.5) | 239 (45.3) | 551 (45.1) | 183 (46.3) | 646 (44.5) | 88 (53) | |||
| moderate | 200 (18.4) | 109 (20.6) | 225 (18.4) | 84 (21.3) | 271 (18.7) | 38 (22.9) | |||
| high | 394 (36.2) | 180 (34.1) | 446 (36.5) | 128 (32.4) | 534 (36.8) | 40 (24.1) | |||
| Serving of fruit and vegetables per week - mean (sd) | 9.8 (6.6) | 9.7 (6.3) | 0.9720 | 9.7 (6.6) | 9.8 (6.3) | 0.3734 | 9.7 (6.6) | 10.1 (5.9) | 0.2490 |
| Daily added sugar intake (tsp) without cereal - mean (sd) | 14.2 (10.2) | 13.6 (9.3) | 0.1048 | 14.2 (10) | 13.3 (9.5) | 0.0258 | 14.2 (10) | 11.9 (8.3) | 0.0018 |
Values are n | (col %) for categorical variables. *P-value connotes significance of chi-squared test of association between high and low risk CVD risk category (i.e. >7.5% vs. < =7.5%, >10% vs. < =10%, and >20% vs. < =20%)) for each anthropometric measure or sociodemographic or lifestyle characteristics. Significant values p < 0.05 denoted with bold. Elevated BMI defined as ≥30 kg/m2; elevated WHR defined as > 0.9 (men), > 0.85 (women); elevated WHtR defined as > 0.5
CVD Cardiovascular disease, BMI Body Mass Index, WHR Waist-to-hip ratio, WHtR waist-to-height ratio