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Table 8 Effects of Age, Sex and Socioeconomic Position on Risk Factors

From: The prevalence and social patterning of chronic diseases among older people in a population undergoing health transition. A 10/66 Group cross-sectional population-based survey in the Dominican Republic

 

Associations with risk factors (prevalence ratios with 95% confidence intervals)

Risk factors

Age, adjusted for sex

Sex, adjusted for age

Socioeconomic position (quarters of household assets), adjusted for age and sex

Metabolic syndrome

(NCEP criteria)

MV1 = 30

0.93

0.88, 1.00

P = 0.04

0.52

0.43, 0.63

P < 0.001

1.17

1.09, 1.25

P < 0.001

Metabolic syndrome components

   

Triglyceride > 150 mg/dl

MV = 31

0.88

0.81, 0.96

P = 0.009

0.76

0.60, 0.96

P = 0.02

1.22

1.10, 1.35

P < 0.001

Total cholesterol > = 5.2 mmol

MV = 31

0.93

0.88, 0.97

P = 0.002

0.67

0.58, 0.78

P < 0.001

1.09

1.02, 1.16

P = 0.007

Waist circumference; Men > 40 inches, Women > 35 inches MV = 25

0.97

0.93, 1.01

P = 0.14

0.33

0.27, 0.40

P < 0.001

1.11

1.06, 1.17

P < 0.001

Blood pressure

> = 130/85 mmHg

MV = 20

1.01

0.98, 1.05

P = 0.35

1.07

0.99, 1.15

P = 0.07

1.01

0.97, 1.04

P = 0.74

Fasting glucose

> 110 mg/dl

MV = 32

0.97

0.90, 1.04

P = 0.49

0.91

0.76, 1.09

P = 0.31

1.14

1.04, 1.24

P = 0.03

Other risk factors

   

Limited exercise (no walks of > 0.5 km in last month)

MV = 12

1.16

1.13, 1.20

P < 0.001

0.78

0.73, 0.83

P < 0.001

1.00

0.97, 1.03

P = 0.96

Smoking

(> 20 pack years)

MV = 114

0.93

0.86, 1.01

P = 0.08

3.10

2.54, 3.78

P < 0.001

0.94

0.86, 1.03

P = 0.20

  1. 1. MV = missing values