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Table 2 Age-adjusted prevalence of selected risk factors by year, gender and occupation among cohort populations in Guangzhou, China, 1983-1994

From: Adverse trends of cardiovascular risk factors among low risk populations (1983-1994) - a cohort study of workers and farmers in Guangzhou, China

 

Males

Females

 

Workers

Farmers

Workers

Farmers

Current smoking (%)

    

   Year 0

71.3

80.4

4.3

6.7

   Year 4

64.3

75.1

3.3

4.3

   Year 10

60.5

72.0

0.8

2.1

   Average change in 10 years

-10.6*

-8.3*

-3.5*

-4.6*

Hypertension (%)

    

   Year 0

13.9

10.0

15.7

6.0

   Year 4

9.0

11.9

11.6

5.9

   Year 10

18.8

22.0

20.7

10.7

   Average change in 10 years

+5.5*

+12.3*

+5.5*

+5.0*

Overweight or obesity (%)

    

   Year 0

5.8

0.8

14.2

1.4

   Year 4

6.2

2.2

16.2

2.1

   Year 10

13.4

6.8

18.4

6.0

   Average change in 10 years

+7.8*

+6.1*

+4.2*

+4.8*

Hyperlipidemia (%)

    

   Year 0

6.7

1.7

13.0

2.7

   Year 4

15.3

5.1

18.8

3.8

   Year 10

14.0

8.6

16.1

5.2

   Average change in 10 years

+6.2*

+6.8*

+2.3

+2.5*

  1. Note: Hypertension was defined as SBP ≥ 140 mmHg and/or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg or on antihypertensive medication. Overweight was defined as body mass index ≥25 kg/m2 and obese was defined as body mass index ≥30 kg/m2. Hyperlipidemia was defined as serum total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dl and/or low density lipoprotein cholesterol ≥160 mg/dl. *P < 0.001 for 10 years linear trend
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