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Table 3 Distribution of adult population aged 40–65 years into low (<10%), moderate (10% and < 20%) and high (≥ 20%) cardiovascular risk categories in Malaysia, Mongolia and Cambodia*

From: Assessment of total cardiovascular risk using WHO/ISH risk prediction charts in three low and middle income countries in Asia

  

Men

Women

Total

 

Age

40-49

50-59

60-64

40-64

40-49

50-59

60-64

40-64

40-49

50-59

60-64

40-64

Cambodia

Low risk

99.2 (98.4-99.9)

95.8 (93.5-98.1)

78.7 (71.9-85.4)

95.6 (94.3-96.8)

99.8 (99.5-100.0)

97.7 (96.5-98.9)

94.0 (90.4-97.6)

98.4 (97.8-99.0)

99.5 (99.1-99.9)

96.8 (95.6-98.0)

85.9 (82.2-89.7)

97.0 (96.4-97.7)

Moderate risk

0.2 (0.0-0.5)

2.5 (0.7-4.3)

14.5 (8.7-20.3)

2.7 (1.7-3.7)

0.1 (0.0-1.7)

1.2 (0.3-2.2)

2.6 (1.4-5.0)

0.8 (0.3-1.2)

0.1 (0.0-0.3)

1.8 (0.9-2.7)

8.8 (5.7-12.0)

1.7 (1.2-2.2)

High risk

0.6 (0.0-1.3)

1.7 (0.1-3.3)

6.8 (2.7-11.0)

1.7 (0.9-2.5)

0.2 (0.0-0.5)

1.2 (0.3-1.9)

3.4 (0.6-6.3)

0.9 (0.4-1.3)

0.4 (0.1-0.8)

1.4 (0.5-2.2)

5.2 (2.7-7.8)

1.3 (0.8-1.7)

Malaysia

Low risk

97.3 (95.6-99.0)

92.6 (89.4-95.8)

76.5 (65.3-87.6)

93.7 (91.8-95.6)

98.0 (96.8-99.2)

96.3 (94.2-98.4)

79.2 (70.5-87.9)

95.9 (94.4-97.4)

97.6 (96.6-98.7)

94.4 (92.6-96.2)

77.8 (70.9-84.6)

94.4 (91.0 -7.8)

Moderate risk

1.2 (0.3-2.2)

4.4 (1.4-7.3)

15.4 (7.4-23.5)

3.7 (2.3-5.1)

0.8 (0.0-1.5)

2.6 (0.9-4.4)

12.0 (3.9-20.2)

2.3 (1.2-3.5)

1.0 (0.4-1.6)

3.5 (2.1-5.0)

13.9 (8.5-19.3)

3.3 (0.7-5.8)

High risk

1.5 (0.0-2.9)

3.0 (1.1-4.9)

8.1 (1.6-14.6)

2.6 (1.4-3.9)

1.2 (0.2-2.3)

1.1 (0.0-2.3)

8.7 (3.9-13.6)

1.8 (0.9-2.6)

1.4 (0.5-2.2)

2.1 (0.9-3.3)

8.4 (4.3-12.4)

2.3 (0.7-5.4)

Mongolia

Low risk

94.7 (91.1-98.3)

84.6 (77.4-91.8)

50.0 (34.8-65.2)

87.8 (84.4-91.3)

94.1 (90.5-97.7)

88.2 (82.4-94.1)

80.7 (65.6-95.8)

91.2 (87.6-94.7)

94.4 (92.0-96.8)

86.4 (82.0-90.9)

65.5 (52.2-78.8)

89.6 (86.8-92.2)

Moderate risk

1.7 (0.0-3.9)

7.4 (1.8-13.0)

19.4 (3.0-35.9)

5.0 (2.3-7.7)

1.9 (0.1-3.8)

8.3 (2.6-14.1)

3.0 (0.0-8.8)

4.0 (1.8-6.2)

1.8 (0.4-3.2)

7.9 (3.9-11.8)

11.1 (1.9-20.4)

4.5 (2.9-6.1)

High risk

3.6 (0.7-6.5)

7.9 (2.2-13.7)

30.5 (12.6-8.5)

7.2 (4.3-0.1)

4.0 (1.2-6.8)

3.4 (0.9-5.9)

16.3 (4.6-28.0)

4.8 (2.7-7.0)

3.8 (1.8-5.7)

5.7 (2.6-8.7)

23.3 (11.9-34.8)

6.0 (4.0-8.0)