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Table 4 Percentage of participants classified as 'at risk' for each of the business sectors [34]

From: Chronic disease risk factors, healthy days and medical claims in South African employees presenting for health risk screening

 

BMI (≥ 25)

Cholesterol (>5 mmol/l)

Systolic BP (≥ 140 mm Hg)

Diastolic BP (≥ 90 mm Hg)

Fruit and Veg (< 5/day)

Max PA (< 150 min/wk)

Smoking (current smoker)

Total sample (n = 1954)

48.6 (950)

18.6 (363)

13.0 (254)

12.2 (238)

86.3 (1687)

69 (1351)

19.9 (389)

Eng (n = 223)

58.7 (131)

23.8 (53)

18.8 (42)

16.6 (37)

88.3 (197)

73 (162)

14.8 (33)

Fin (n = 851)

44.5 (379)

10.6 (90)

8.2 (70)

7.9 (67)

86.0 (732)

69 (583)

14.2 (121)

Cons (n = 133)

45.1 (60)

21.1 (28)

3.7 (5)

5.3 (7)

82.0 (109)

62 (82)

27.1 (36)

Trans (n = 138)

44.9 (62)

25.4(35)

10.1 (14)

14.5 (20)

79.0 (109)

72 (100)

18.8 (26)

Log (n = 42)

76.1 (32)

28.6 (12)

4.8 (2)

7.1 (3)

95.2 (40)

62 (26)

33.3 (14)

ITS (n = 173)

39.9 (69)

19.7 (34)

15.0 (26)

17.3 (30)

88.4 (153)

61 (106)

28.9 (50)

Man (n = 240)

56.7 (136)

32.5 (78)

35.8 (86)

26.3 (63)

90 (216)

71 (170)

29.6 (71)

Aca (n = 154)

52.6 (81)

21.4 (33)

5.8 (9)

7.1 (11)

85.1 (131)

 

24.7 (38)

  1. BMI: Body Mass Index; BP: blood pressure; vege: vegetables; Max PA: maximum number of minutes per week of physical activity (self reported)