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Table 2 Age-specific prevalences and means of selected risk factors, by sex (51 768 men and 105 313 women aged 35–84 years)

From: The prevalence of chronic diseases and major disease risk factors at different ages among 150 000 men and women living in Mexico City: cross-sectional analyses of a prospective study

   

Tobacco smoking

    
 

Age at resurvey

Number recruited

Never

Former

Current

Mean (SD) BMI, kg/m2

Mean (SD) waist:hip ratio

Mean (SD) SBP/DBP, mmHg

Daily drinking

Men

35–44

16777

3539

(21.1%)

4313

(25.7%)

8922

(53.2%)

28.0

(4.5)

0.93

(0.06)

123/83

(12/9)

291

(1.7%)

 

45–54

13776

2718

(19.7%)

4497

(32.6%)

6559

(47.6%)

28.2

(4.4)

0.95

(0.06)

127/85

(15/10)

333

(2.4%)

 

55–64

10259

2034

(19.8%)

4272

(41.7%)

3949

(38.5%)

28.1

(4.2)

0.97

(0.07)

132/86

(17/10)

339

(3.3%)

 

65–74

7300

1445

(19.8%)

3685

(50.5%)

2169

(29.7%)

27.6

(4.2)

0.97

(0.07)

136/86

(18/11)

293

(4.0%)

 

75–84

3656

845

(23.1%)

2044

(55.9%)

766

(21.0%)

26.7

(3.9)

0.97

(0.07)

136/84

(18/11)

172

(4.7%)

Women

35–44

37591

20855

(55.5%)

6370

(17.0%)

10355

(27.6%)

29.1

(5.2)

0.86

(0.06)

119/79

(13/9)

60

(0.2%)

 

45–54

29413

17780

(60.5%)

5210

(17.7%)

6410

(21.8%)

30.1

(5.4)

0.87

(0.07)

126/83

(16/10)

82

(0.3%)

 

55–64

19303

13307

(68.9%)

3449

(17.9%)

2544

(13.2%)

30.2

(5.3)

0.89

(0.07)

132/85

(17/10)

75

(0.4%)

 

65–74

13025

9484

(72.9%)

2348

(18.0%)

1185

(9.1%)

29.5

(5.2)

0.91

(0.07)

137/85

(18/11)

78

(0.6%)

 

75–84

5981

4504

(75.3%)

1141

(19.1%)

334

(5.6%)

28.0

(5.0)

0.92

(0.08)

139/85

(19/11)

58

(1.0%)

  1. Prevalences and means unadjusted. No. with missing values: smoking 48, BMI 1781, blood pressure 314, drinking 62. The median BMI levels for men and women were: 27.6, 27.9, 27.8, 27.3, 26.6; and 28.4, 29.5, 29.7, 29.0, 27.7 respectively