Higher prevalence of smoking and lower BMI, waist circumference, cholesterol and triacylglyceride levels in Prague's homeless compared to a majority of the Czech population

Table 3 Comparison of prevalence of the cardiovascular risk factors among the homeless and the general Czech population, (%)

Cardiovascular risk factors	Homeless population		General Czech pop.		p value
	men n = 162	women n = 24	men n = 1408	women n = 543
BMI ≥ 25 kg/m²	41	33	75	60	< 0.001
Abdominal obesity, men (WC > 102 cm)	6		31		< 0.001*
Abdominal obesity, women (WC > 88 cm)		21		31	n.s.*
Total cholesterol ≥ 5 mmol/l	33	38	80	72	< 0.001
Triacylglycerides ≥ 1.7 mmol/l	15	0	48	23	< 0.001
Active smokers	93	83	38	35	< 0.001

p values hold after the adjustment for age and sex
*Abdominal obesity was evaluated for each sex separately because of different cut-off points.
In this case, p values are age adjusted only.

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