Table 4 Age-adjusted percentage of men and women having CVD risk factors by education level
CVD risk factors | Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
University | Technical | Secondary | Primary | None | University | Technical | Secondary | Primary | None | |
Hypertension* | 42 (0.001) | 40 (0.001) | 47 (0.001) | 58 (0.001) | 60 (0.001) | 27 (0.001) | 31 (0.001) | 39 (0.001) | 53 (0.001) | 56 (0.001) |
Diabetes+ | 16 (0.001) | 18 (0.001) | 22 (0.001) | 20 (0.001) | 15 (0.001) | 9 (0.001) | 8 (0.01) | 17 (0.001) | 20 (0.001) | 17 (0.001) |
Hypercholesterolemiaδ | 69 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 53 (0.001) | 68 (0.001) | 63 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 74 (0.001) | 68 (0.001) |
Smokerθ | 42 (0.001) | 52 (0.001) | 48 (0.001) | 55 (0.001) | 55 (0.001) | 3 (0.001) | 6 (0.05) | 4 (0.001) | 6 (0.001) | 16 (0.001) |
Overweightψ | 34 (0.001) | 34 (0.001) | 34 (0.001) | 24 (0.001) | 13 (0.001) | 35 (0.001) | 18 (0.001) | 42 (0.001) | 41 (0.001) | 19 (0.001) |