Table 8 Age-adjusted percentage of men and women having hypercholesterolemia by education, gender, ethnicity and location
Age/Ethnicity/ | Men | Women | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Location/Region | University | Technical | Secondary | Primary | None | University | Technical | Secondary | Primary | None |
30 – 39 | 74 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 57 (0.001) | 29 (0.001) | 57 (0.001) | 36 (0.05) | 61 (0.001) | 54 (0.001) | 51 (0.001) |
40 – 49 | 72 (0.001) | 61 (0.001) | 73 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) | 62 (0.1) | 63 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) | 61 (0.001) | 57 (0.001) |
50 – 59 | 77 (0.001) | 77 (0.001) | 72 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) | 52 (0.001) | 76 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) | 77 (0.001) | 76 (0.001) | 62 (0.001) |
60 – 69 | 61 (0.001) | 67 (0.01) | 69 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 54 (0.001) | 82 (0.001) | 78 (0.01) | 74 (0.001) | 77 (0.001) | 72 (0.001) |
≥ 70 | 38 (0.05) | 65 (0.1) | 73 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) | 52 (0.001) | 57 (0.05) | 60 (0.001) | 82 (0.001) | 80 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) |
Malay | 38 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 33 (0.001) | 36 (0.001) | 22 (0.001) | 33 (0.001) | 16 (0.001) | 41 (0.001) | 41 (0.001) | 55 (0.001) |
Chinese | 32 (0.001) | 23 (0.001) | 26 (0.001) | 24 (0.001) | 15 (0.001) | 33 (0.001) | 41 (0.001) | 39 (0.001) | 41 (0.001) | 42 (0.001) |
Indian | 27 (0.001) | 34 (0.01) | 22 (0.001) | 27 (0.001) | 17 (0.01) | 33 (0.001) | 39 (0.05) | 34 (0.001) | 35 (0.001) | 51 (0.001) |
Others | 34 (0.001) | 25 (0.001) | 23 (0.001) | 20 (0.001) | 13 (0.001) | 15 (0.01) | 14 (0.1) | 27 (0.001) | 26 (0.001) | 33 (0.001) |
Urban | 36 (0.001) | 41 (0.001) | 31 (0.001) | 32 (0.001) | 23 (0.001) | 32 (0.001) | 24 (0.001) | 42 (0.001) | 41 (0.001) | 52 (0.001) |
Rural | 39 (0.001) | 40 (0.001) | 31 (0.001) | 32 (0.001) | 16 (0.001) | 32 (0.001) | 15 (0.001) | 37 (0.001) | 37 (0.001) | 43 (0.001) |
WPM | 71 (0.001) | 63 (0.001) | 71 (0.001) | 64 (0.001) | 21 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) | 60 (0.001) | 72 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) |
EPM | 71 (0.001) | 74 (0.001) | 73 (0.001) | 70 (0.001) | 21 (0.001) | 63 (0.001) | 56 (0.01) | 67 (0.001) | 72 (0.001) | 67 (0.001) |
EM | 72 (0.001) | 50 (0.001) | 69 (0.001) | 75 (0.001) | 28 (0.001) | 64 (0.001) | 55 (0.001) | 66 (0.001) | 74 (0.001) | 65 (0.001) |