Table 1.
Demographic characteristics.
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| Mean (min, max) | 61 (26, 86) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 106 (35.22) |
| Female | 195 (64.78) |
| Ethnicity | |
| Malay | 85 (28.24) |
| Chinese | 87 (28.90) |
| Indian | 123 (40.86) |
| Others | 6 (2.00) |
| Obesity | |
| Underweight | 7 (2.34) |
| Normal | 34 (11.37) |
| Overweight | 40 (13.38) |
| Pre-obese | 122 (40.80) |
| Obese | 96 (32.11) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Hypertension | |
| Present | 232 (77.08) |
| Absent | 69 (22.92) |
| Hyperlipidemia | |
| Present | 274 (91.03) |
| Absent | 26 (8.64) |
| No data | 1 (0.33) |
Total number of patients evaluated were n = 301 except for obesity, n = 299. Obesity was categorized based on the World Health Organization Expert Consultation on Asian Body Mass Index (12) (kg/m2): underweight, <18.5; normal, 18.5–22.9; overweight, 23.0–24.9; pre-obese, 25.0–29.9; and obese, ≥30.0.