Table 3 Biochemical and clinical measures and categorisation according to cut-offs for the total group and for age, gender and origin and groups (n = 517)
From: Health status of primary school educators in low socio-economic areas in South Africa
BP (mmHg) | Glucose (mmol/l) | Cholesterol (mmol/l) | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean ± SD | %<140/90 | % ≥140/90 | Mean ± SD | %<5.6 | % ≥5.6-11.1 | % ≥11.0 | Mean ± SD | %<5.2 | %>6.2 | |||
Category | N1 | Diastolic | Systolic | |||||||||
Gender | ||||||||||||
Male | 196 | 86 ± 10.9 | 137 ± 18.4 | 63.0 | 37.0 | 4.99 ± 2.4 | 65.8 | 31.6 | 2.6 | 4.5 ± 0.8 | 64.8 | 35.2 |
Female | 321 | 83 ± 10.0 | 131 ± 18.6 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 4.44 ± 2.4 | 74.0 | 24.0 | 1.6 | 4.5 ± 0.9 | 72.6 | 27.4 |
p-value | 0.005 3 | 0.001 3 | 0.003 2 | 0.074 3 | 0.121 2 | 0.062 3 | 0.062 2 | |||||
Origin | ||||||||||||
Rural | 329 | 85 ± 10.3 | 132 ± 18.5 | 50.2 | 49.8 | 4.7 ± 2.2 | 72.9 | 25.5 | 1.5 | 4.6 ± 0.9 | 67.8 | 32.2 |
Urban | 188 | 84 ± 10.6 | 135 ± 18.9 | 62.2 | 37.7 | 4.6 ± 0.9 | 67.5 | 29.8 | 2.7 | 4.3 ± 0.8 | 72.7 | 27.3 |
p-value | 0.410 3 | 0.237 3 | 0.008 2 | 0.805 3 | 0.351 2 | 0.227 3 | 0.240 2 | |||||
Age categories | ||||||||||||
<30 | 10 | 80 ± 7.9 | 122 ± 13.6 | 60.0 | 40.0 | 4.3 ± 1.7 | 70.0 | 30.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 ± 0.5 | 80.0 | 20.0 |
30-49 | 366 | 84 ± 10.7 | 132 ± 18.0 | 49.7 | 50.3 | 4.5 ± 2.1 | 74.0 | 24.3 | 1.6 | 4.4 ± 0.8 | 70.5 | 29.5 |
>50 | 130 | 84 ± 9.4 | 139 ± 20.0 | 68.5 | 31.5 | 5.2 ± 2.5 | 63.1 | 34.6 | 2.3 | 4.6 ± 0.9 | 66.2 | 33.9 |
p-value | 0.365 3 | 0.001 3 | 0.001 2 | 0.517 3 | 0.212 2 | 0.504 3 | 0.502 2 | |||||
Total group | 517 | 84 ± 10.0 | 134 ± 18.7 | 55.0 | 46.0 | 4.65 ± 2.3 | 71.0 | 27.0 | 2.0 | 4.47 ± 0.85 | 69.6 | 30.4 |