Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and its components in Northwest Russia: the Arkhangelsk study

BMC Public Health

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the sample

Sample characteristic		Men		Women	P¹
	N	%	N	%
Age, years					0.002
18-29	515	26.8	347	21.2
30-39	352	18.4	303	18.5
40-49	441	23.0	400	24.4
50-59	298	15.5	290	17.7
60+	312	16.3	297	18.1
Marital status					<0.001
Single	409	21.3	278	17.0
Married	1276	66.5	878	53.6
Divorced	82	4.3	182	11.1
Widow(er)	60	3.1	219	13.4
Cohabiting	91	4.7	80	4.9
Education					<0.001
Secondary	435	22.7	426	26.0
Vocational	1083	56.5	669	40.9
Incomplete higher	87	4.5	105	6.4
Higher	303	16.3	437	26.7
Income					<0.001
Very low	283	14.8	379	23.2
Low	136	7.1	740	45.2
Medium	144	7.5	189	11.5
High	1058	55.2	34	2.1
Unknown	297	15.5	295	18.0
Frequency of alcohol intake, %					<0.001
Never	230	12.0	445	27.2
Once a month or less	434	22.6	542	33.1
2-4 times a month	979	51.0	571	34.9
2 times a week or more	275	14.3	79	4.8
Current smoking, %	1085	56.6	348	21.3	<0.001
Self-reported diseases
Diabetes mellitus	28	1.5	48	2.9	0.002
Coronary heart disease	176	9.2	195	11.9	0.008
Stroke	9	0.5	30	1.8	<0.001
Total	1918	100.0	1637	100.0

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