Table 1.

Individual-, neighborhood- and city-level characteristics by non-communicable disease risk factors. Argentina, National Survey of Risk Factors, 2013 (n = 21,451).

	Diabetes		Hypertension		Obesity		Smoking		Binge drinking
	Yes (n = 1,852)	No (n = 19,485)	Yes (n = 6,956)	No (n = 14,330)	Yes (n = 5,516)	No (n = 15,935)	Yes (n = 5,755)	No (n = 15,696)	Yes (n = 4,280)	No (n = 16,984)
Women, %	54.37	56.37	61.17	53.98	55.13	56.55	48.27	59.09	37.83	60.61
p value (χ2)	0.098		< 0.001		0.066		< 0.001		< 0.001
Age, mean (SD)	56.95 (16.22)	43.57 (17.70)	54.33 (17.70)	40.16 (16.19)	48.27 (17.18)	43.52 (18.08)	40.38 (14.77)	46.34 (18.77)	36.26 (14.19)	46.92 (18.20)
p value (t-test)	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Individual education, %
Less than primary	16.95	8.57	14.32	6.88	14.41	7.56	7.91	9.84	6.31	10.11
Primary	41.52	36.43	42.88	33.90	43.49	34.64	42.42	34.90	39.46	36.33
Secondary	28.19	37.81	28.98	40.82	30.84	39.03	36.92	36.93	40.49	35.92
University	13.34	17.19	13.82	18.40	11.26	18.77	12.75	18.34	13.74	17.64
p value (χ2)	< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001
Neighborhood education, mean (SD)	46.81 (19.58)	47.71 (20.58)	46.87 (19.88)	48.05 (20.79)	43.73 (19.21)	48.98 (20.76)	45.84 (20.19)	48.29 (20.58)	47.49 (21.3)	47.67 (20.31)
p value (t-test)	0.071		< 0.001		< 0.001		< 0.001		0.611
City education, mean (SD)	38.14 (3.39)	38.00 (3.46)	37.98 (3.56)	38.03 (3.40)	38.00 (3.44)	38.02 (3.46)	38.14 (3.36)	37.96 (3.49)	38.24 (3.34)	37.95 (3.48)
p value (t-test)	0.109		0.334		0.725		< 0.001		< 0.001

p-values test the null hypothesis that there is no difference in the proportion (χ²) or mean (t-test) of the characteristic between people with and without the NCD/RF.