Table 14 Age-adjusted percentage of men and women having hypercholesterolemia by income level, gender, age, ethnicity and location
Age/Ethnicity/ | Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location/Region | Low | Middle | High | Low | Middle | High |
30 – 39 | 49 (0.001) | 75 (0.001) | 76 (0.001) | 53 (0.001) | 60 (0.001) | 51 (0.001) |
40 – 49 | 66 (0.001) | 75 (0.001) | 73 (0.001) | 61 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 62 (0.001) |
50 – 59 | 54 (0.001) | 75 (0.001) | 86 (0.001) | 87 (0.001) | 76 (0.001) | 76 (0.001) |
60 – 69 | 66 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) | 73 (0.001) | 73 (0.001) | 81 (0.001) | 68 (0.001) |
≥ 70 | 61 (0.001) | 76 (0.001) | 80 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) | 86 (0.01) | 88 (0.001) |
Malay | 63 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) | 66 (0.001) | 75 (0.001) | 73 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) |
Chinese | 54 (0.001) | 64 (0.001) | 68 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) | 63 (0.001) | 66 (0.001) |
Indian | 78 (0.01) | 58 (0.001) | 61 (0.001) | 82 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) | 62 (0.001) |
Others | 37 (0.001) | 56 (0.001) | 88 (0.01) | 46 (0.001) | 46 (0.001) | 20 (0.1) |
Urban | 76 (0.001) | 74 (0.001) | 73 (0.001) | 75 (0.001) | 72 (0.001) | 54 (0.001) |
Rural | 61 (0.001) | 74 (0.001) | 81 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) | 62 (0.001) |
WPM | 73 (0.001) | 74 (0.001) | 62 (0.001) | 63 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) |
EPM | 77 (0.001) | 76 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) | 51 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) |
EM | 73 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 74 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 66 (0.001) |