Socioeconomic and demographic predictors of selected cardiovascular risk factors among adults living in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia

Table 1 Summary of variable names, conceptual definition, and measures using the 2002 STEPS Pohnpei, FSM data set

Variable	Conceptual definition	Measures^a
Socioeconomic position	Associated with an individual’s relative position within a social structure	Self-report of educational attainment, annual household income, occupation/employment
Demographic characteristics	Information concerning an individual’s age and sex	Age in years and sex
Behavioral characteristics	Information concerning an individual’s lifestyle behaviors associated with CVD risk (i.e., stroke, myocardial infarction, coronary artery or peripheral vascular disease)	Self-report of tobacco use (daily use smoke or smokeless), physical activity (moderate level of physical activity [work, travel, leisure] on 5 or more days/ week)
Anthropometric characteristics	Information concerning an individual’s anthropometric features associated with CVD risk	Waist circumference (excluding pregnant women); mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (calculated using last two of three BP)

Abbreviations: STEPS World Health Association STEPwise approach to surveillance, FSM Federated States of Micronesia, CVD Cardiovascular risk, BP Blood pressure.
^aDetailed descriptions for measures used in this study available at World Health Association STEPwise approach to surveillance (STEPS) available at: http://www.who.int/chp/steps/en/.

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