From: Sociodemographic factors associated with multiple cardiovascular risk factors among Malaysian adults
Characteristics | Overall (n = 2572) | Men (n = 1044) | Women (n = 1528) | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Residential area | ||||||
Rural | 1277 | 49.7 | 534 | 51.1 | 743 | 48.6 |
Urban | 1295 | 50.3 | 510 | 48.9 | 785 | 51.4 |
Ethnicity | ||||||
Malay | 1425 | 55.4 | 580 | 55.6 | 845 | 55.3 |
Chinese | 461 | 17.9 | 186 | 17.8 | 275 | 18.0 |
Indian | 231 | 9.0 | 80 | 7.7 | 151 | 9.9 |
Others | 455 | 17.7 | 198 | 19.0 | 257 | 16.8 |
Age group | ||||||
25-34 | 610 | 23.7 | 229 | 21.9 | 381 | 24.9 |
35-44 | 738 | 28.7 | 277 | 26.5 | 461 | 30.2 |
45-54 | 747 | 29.0 | 313 | 30.0 | 434 | 28.4 |
55-64 | 477 | 18.5 | 225 | 21.6 | 252 | 16.5 |
Marital status | ||||||
Single | 215 | 8.4 | 108 | 10.3 | 107 | 7.0 |
Married | 2229 | 86.7 | 917 | 87.8 | 1312 | 85.9 |
Divorced/widowed | 128 | 4.9 | 19 | 1.8 | 109 | 7.2 |
Education attainment | ||||||
No formal education | 257 | 10.0 | 66 | 6.3 | 191 | 12.5 |
Primary school | 778 | 30.2 | 316 | 30.3 | 462 | 30.2 |
Secondary school | 1203 | 46.8 | 521 | 49.9 | 682 | 44.6 |
Tertiary | 334 | 13.0 | 141 | 13.5 | 193 | 12.6 |
Occupation | ||||||
Public sector worker | 266 | 10.3 | 157 | 15.0 | 109 | 7.1 |
Private sector employee | 565 | 22.0 | 345 | 33.0 | 220 | 14.4 |
Self employed | 627 | 24.4 | 399 | 38.2 | 228 | 14.9 |
Housewife | 822 | 32.0 | - | - | 822 | 53.8 |
Others | 292 | 11.3 | 143 | 13.7 | 149 | 9.8 |
Monthly income level | ||||||
Low (<RM 1000) | 1206 | 48.8 | 483 | 46.8 | 723 | 50.2 |
Middle (RM 1000-RM3999) | 1085 | 43.9 | 467 | 45.3 | 618 | 42.9 |
High (≥RM 4000) | 180 | 7.3 | 81 | 7.9 | 99 | 6.9 |