Table 4.

Association of patients’ background with cardiovascular risk (n=600)

					1p
	>10% risk		<10% risk
	n	%	n	%
Age (years)
<21	0		6	100	<0.001
21–40	2	3.9	49	96.1
41–60	5	1.6	311	98.4
≥61	32	14.1	195	85.9
Sex
Female	9	3.7	234	96.3	0.022
Male	30	8.4	327	91.6
Subzone
Massawa	39	6.6	549	93.4	0.974
Foro	0	0	5	100
Shieb	0	0	4	100
Others	0	0	3	100
Ethnicity
Afar	2	5.1	37	94.9	0.861
Tigrigna	21	6.0	331	94.0
Saho	4	10.5	34	89.5
Tigre	11	6.9	149	93.1
Other	1	9.1	10	90.9
Smoking
No	29	5.3	523	94.7	<0.001
Yes	10	20.8	38	79.2
Alcohol intake
No	33	6.1	511	93.9	0.179
Yes	6	10.7	50	89.3
DM
No	11	5.7	183	94.3	0.569
Yes	28	6.9	378	93.1
Hypertension
No	9	3.4	254	96.6	0.007
Yes	30	8.9	307	91.1
BMI
<18 kg/m2	5	10.0	45	90.0	0.317
18–25 kg/m2	26	7.4	327	92.6
26–30 kg/m2	6	4.5	125	95.5
>30 kg/m2	2	3.1	63	96.9
Abdominal circumference (cm)
<95	30	6.8	414	93.2	0.875
95–100	4	5.2	73	94.8
>100	5	6.3	74	93.7
Monthly income (ERN)
<500	13	5.9	207	94.1	0.007
500–1,000	10	9.6	94	90.4
1,001–2,000	5	2.6	185	97.4
>2,000	11	12.8	75	87.2
Distance from home to work
<1 km	18	6.0	284	94.0	0.636
1–5 km	20	7.4	250	92.6
>5 km	1	3.6	27	96.4
Vision problem
No	24	5.3	428	94.7	0.039
Yes	15	10.1	133	89.9
History of stroke
No	37	6.3	546	93.7	0.372
Yes	2	11.8	15	88.2
History of amputation
No	39	6.6	556	93.4	0.554
Yes	0		5	100
Total	39	6.5	561	93.5