Table 2 Prevalence of CVD risk factors and healthy behaviors by Country of origin group
From: Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors across six African Immigrant Groups in Minnesota
| Â | Somali | Ethiopia | Liberia | Sudan | Kenya | Other | Â | Overall | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | P-value | N | % |
CVD risk factors | |||||||||||||||
Overweight/Obese | 185 | 49.5 | 160 | 59.9 | 103 | 74.1 | 23 | 27.4 | 29 | 56.9 | 46 | 59.0 | <.0001 | 546 | 55.0 |
Diabetes | 16 | 4.5 | 19 | 7.1 | 7 | 5.1 | 4 | 4.8 | 4 | 7.8 | 3 | 3.9 | 0.6758 | 53 | 5.4 |
Hypertension | 22 | 5.9 | 21 | 7.9 | 22 | 15.8 | 3 | 3.7 | 8 | 15.7 | 6 | 7.7 | 0.0030 | 82 | 8.3 |
Healthy behaviors | |||||||||||||||
Never Smoked | 346 | 92.0 | 238 | 89.8 | 131 | 96.3 | 74 | 88.1 | 49 | 96.1 | 69 | 89.6 | 0.1414 | 907 | 91.7 |
At least 5Â days moderate activity | 87 | 26.7 | 62 | 24.7 | 59 | 43.7 | 19 | 25.0 | 15 | 30.6 | 13 | 17.8 | 0.0004 | 255 | 28.0 |
Make a conscious effort to exercise | 188 | 50.3 | 133 | 51.0 | 119 | 86.2 | 36 | 43.4 | 39 | 76.5 | 62 | 79.5 | <.0001 | 577 | 58.6 |
Make a conscious effort to eat a healthy diet | 287 | 77.6 | 209 | 80.1 | 130 | 93.5 | 46 | 55.4 | 42 | 82.4 | 59 | 75.6 | <.0001 | 773 | 78.7 |
Total | 377 | 100.0 | 267 | 100.0 | 139 | 100.0 | 84 | 100.0 | 51 | 100.0 | 78 | 100.0 | Â | 996 | 100.0 |