Table 3.

The prevalence of the CVD risk factors in DRTB

CVD risk factor in DRTB	Number with CVD risk factor (%)	p-value*	Prevalence (95% CI)
At least one CVD risk factor	196 (100.0)	0.839	92.5 (88.0 – 95.3)
Central	76 (38.8)		91.6 (83.2 – 96.0)
Eastern	24 (12.2)		96.0 (74.5 – 99.5)
Western	17 (8.7)		89.5 (63.9 -97.6)
Northern	79 (40.3)		92.9 (85.0 – 96.8)
Hypertension (n = 187)	76 (100.0)	0.003	40.6 (33.8 – 47.9)
Central	39 (51.3)		47.0 (36.4 – 57.9)
Eastern	4 (5.3)		16.0 (63.0 – 94.2)
Western	3 (4.0)		16.7 (5.0 – 43.2)
Northern	30 (39.5)		49.0 (36.7 – 61.8)
Central obesity (n = 211)	83 (100.0)	0.052	39.3 (32.9 – 46.1)
Central	35 (42.2)		42.2 (31.9 – 53.2)
Eastern	6 (7.2)		24.0 (10.7 – 45.4)
Western	12 (14.5)		63.2 (38.7 – 82.3)
Northern	30 (36.1)		35.7 (26.1 – 46.6)
History of smoking (n = 212)	77 (100.0)	0.145	36.3 (30.1 – 43.1)
Central	26 (33.8)		31.3 (22.2 – 42.2)
Eastern	9 (11.7)		36.0 (19.2 – 57.1)
Western	4 (5.2)		21.1 (7.6 – 46.5)
Northern	38 (49.4)		44.7 (34.4 – 55.5)
Dyslipidaemia (n = 192)	120 (100.0)	0.003	62.5 (55.4 – 69.1)
Central	39 (32.5)		51.3 (40.0 – 62.5)
Eastern	23 (19.2)		92.0 (71.5 – 98.1)
Western	11 (9.2)		57.9 (34.1 – 78.5)
Northern	47 (39.2)		65.3 (53.4 – 75.5)
High BMI (n = 199)	16 (100.0)	0.588	8.0 (5.0 – 12.8)
Central	8 (50.0)		9.8 (4.9 – 18.5)
Eastern	3 (18.8)		12.0 (3.7 – 32.7)
Western	1 (6.3)		6.3 (0.7 – 37.6)
Northern	4 (25.0)		5.3 (2.0 – 13.4)
Diabetes mellitus (n = 186)	12 (100.0)	0.150	6.5 (3.7 – 11.1)
Central	2 (16.7)		2.5 (0.6 – 9.5)
Eastern	2 (16.7)		8.0 (1.9 – 28.5)
Western	1 (8.3)		5.9 (0.7 – 35.7)
Northern	7 (58.3)		11.1 (5.3 – 21.8)

*p-value compares the prevalence by regions, Abbreviations: BMI – body mass index, CI – confidence interval, CVD – cardiovascular disease