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Table 2 Prevalence of individual CVD risk factors (n = 1,096).

From: Prevalence and determinants of cardiovascular disease risk factors among the residents of urban community housing projects in Malaysia

 

Hypertension

Hypercholesterolemia

Smoking

Diabetes

Obesity

At least one

    

High Risk

Diabetic

Overweight

Obese

 

Age

        

  18 to 29

45 (15.6)

110 (38.2)

35 (12.2)

59 (20.5)

6 (2.1)

28 (9.7)

113 (39.2)

185 (64.2)

  30 to 39

47 (22.1)

100 (46.9)

45 (21.1)

79 (37.1)

11 (5.2)

39 (18.3)

111 (52.1)

181 (85.0)

  40 to 49

109 (42.8)

159 (62.4)

49 (19.2)

109 (42.8)

17 (6.7)

38 (14.9)

164 (64.3)

232 (91.0)

  50 to 59

128 (63.7)

124 (61.7)

28 (13.9)

93 (46.3)

36 (17.9)

31 (15.4)

128 (63.7)

195 (97.0)

  > 60

102 (73.4)

71 (51.1)

22 (15.8)

76 (54.7)

16 (11.5)

22 (15.8)

84 (60.4)

133 (95.7)

  prob.

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

Education

  

  None

42 (53.9)

39 (50.0)

11 (14.1)

33 (42.3)

6 (7.7)

6 (7.7)

43 (55.1)

67 (85.9)

  Primary

109 (58.6)

92 (49.5)

28 (15.1)

80 (43.0)

22 (11.8)

33 (17.7)

112 (60.2)

168 (90.3)

  Secondary

261 (36.4)

386 (53.8)

126 (17.6)

267 (37.2)

53 (7.4)

105 (14.6)

389 (54.2)

610 (85.0)

  Tertiary

19 (16.7)

47 (41.2)

14 (12.3)

36 (31.6)

5 (4.4)

14 (12.3)

56 (49.1)

84 (71.1)

  prob.

<0.0001

>0.05

>0.1

<0.05

<0.05

<0.0001

Income

  

  < 1,000

97 (50.5)

96 (50.0)

33 (17.2)

77 (40.1)

12 (6.3)

26 (13.5)

95 (49.5)

169 (88.0)

  ≥ 1,000

334 (36.9)

468 (51.8)

146 (16.2)

339 (37.5)

74 (8.2)

132 (14.6)

505 (55.9)

757 (83.7)

  prob.

<0.001

>0.1

>0.1

>0.1

>0.1

>0.1

Occupation

  

  Paid-employee

137 (29.6)

238 (51.4)

98 (21.2)

171 (36.9)

27 (5.8)

77 (16.6)

250 (54.0)

389 (84.0)

  Self-employed

63 (45.7)

82 (59.4)

39 (28.3)

60 (43.5)

18 (13.0)

15 (10.9)

84 (60.9)

127 (92.0)

  Retiree

30 (71.4)

19 (45.2)

11 (26.2)

23 (54.8)

4 (9.5)

7 (16.7)

25 (59.5)

38 (90.5)

  House maker

113 (47.7)

136 (57.4)

3 (1.3)

92 (38.8)

21 (8.9)

34 (14.4)

143 (60.3)

208 (87.8)

  Others

88 (40.7)

89 (41.2)

28 (13.0)

70 (32.4)

16 (17.4)

25 (11.6)

98 (45.4)

164 (75.9)

  prob.

<0.0001

<0.01

<0.0001

<0.01

<0.01

<0.0001

Marital status

  

  Single

61 (22.0)

100 (36.1)

35 (12.6)

65 (23.5)

9 (3.3)

25 (9.0)

115 (41.5)

186 (67.2)

  Married

300 (42.8)

404 (57.6)

137 (19.5)

298 (42.5)

62 (8.8)

115 (16.4)

413 (58.9)

632 (90.2)

  Divorced

36 (53.7)

35 (52.2)

6 (9.0)

30 (44.8)

9 (13.4)

8 (11.9)

45 (67.2)

63 (94.0)

  Widow/Widower

34 (66.7)

25 (49.0)

1 (2.0)

23 (45.1)

6 (11.8)

10 (19.6)

27 (52.9)

45 (88.2)

  prob.

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

<0.0001

Total

431 (39.3)

564 (51.5)

179 (16.3)

416 (38.0)

86 (7.8)

158 (14.4)

600 (54.8)

926 (84.5)