Table 1.
Prevalence of dyslipidemia in relation to subjects’ demographic characteristics.
| Dyslipidemia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample | Frequency | Proportion (%) | p-value | |
| Gender | 0.310 | |||
| Females | 518 (54.1) | 116 | 31.1 | |
| Males | 439 (45.9) | 150 | 34.2 | |
| Age (years) | <0.001 | |||
| ≤30 | 132 (13.8) | 9 | 6.8 | |
| 30 - 40 | 141 (14.7) | 24 | 17.0 | |
| 41 - 50 | 232 (24.2) | 51 | 22.0 | |
| 51 - 60 | 212 (22.2) | 71 | 33.5 | |
| 61 - 70 | 145 (15.2) | 81 | 55.9 | |
| >70 | 95 (9.9) | 75 | 78.9 | |
| Marital status | <0.001 | |||
| Married | 645 (67.4) | 220 | 34.1 | |
| Single | 196 (20.5) | 23 | 11.7 | |
| Divorced | 36 (3.8) | 8 | 22.2 | |
| Widowed | 80 (8.4) | 60 | 75.0 | |
| Cultural status | 0.020 | |||
| Greek Christians | 632 (66.1) | 189 | 29.9 | |
| Greek Muslims | 273 (28.5) | 107 | 39.2 | |
| Expatriated Greeks | 52 (5.4) | 15 | 28.8 | |
| Place of residence | <0.001 | |||
| Urban | 416 (43.5) | 84 | 20.2 | |
| Rural | 541 (56.5) | 227 | 42.0 | |
| Education level | <0.001 | |||
| Low | 313 (32.7) | 158 | 50.5 | |
| Medium | 340 (35.5) | 98 | 28.8 | |
| High | 304 (31.8) | 55 | 18.1 | |
| Working Status | 0.927 | |||
| Employed | 872 (91.1) | 283 | 32.5 | |
| Unemployed | 85 (8.9) | 28 | 32.9 | |
| Financial status (n=812) | <0.001 | |||
| Low | 476 (49.7) | 183 | 38.4 | |
| Medium | 200 (20.9) | 68 | 34.0 | |
| High | 136 (14.2) | 20 | 14.7 | |