Table 1 Socioeconomic characteristics, lifestyle and morbidity by sex in the cross-sectional study of Ilha do Governador, 1991/92
Male | Female | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | N | % | n | % | ||
Demographic characteristics | Age | ||||||
20 to 39 years | 255 | 45.3 | 320 | 45.3 | 575 | 45.3 | |
40 to 59 years | 212 | 37.7 | 261 | 36.9 | 473 | 37.2 | |
60 years or older | 96 | 17.0 | 126 | 17.8 | 222 | 17.5 | |
Skin color* 1 | |||||||
White | 369 | 66.0 | 460 | 65.2 | 829 | 65.5 | |
Black | 42 | 7.5 | 56 | 7.9 | 98 | 7.8 | |
Other | 148 | 26.5 | 190 | 26.9 | 338 | 26.7 | |
Socioeconomic status | Income *2 | ||||||
Low | 192 | 34.1 | 248 | 35.1 | 440 | 34.7 | |
Medium | 206 | 36.6 | 243 | 34.4 | 449 | 35.3 | |
High | 165 | 29.3 | 216 | 30.5 | 381 | 30.0 | |
Educational level *3 | |||||||
Illiterate | 20 | 3.6 | 51 | 7.2 | 71 | 5.6 | |
Intermediate | 423 | 75.1 | 547 | 77.5 | 970 | 76.4 | |
Superior | 120 | 21.3 | 108 | 15.3 | 228 | 18.0 | |
Lifestyle | Cigarette smoking | ||||||
Never | 194 | 34.5 | 387 | 54.7 | 581 | 45.8 | |
Quit | 163 | 29.0 | 108 | 15.3 | 271 | 21.3 | |
Smoker | 206 | 36.5 | 212 | 30.0 | 418 | 32.9 | |
Alcohol user | |||||||
Never | 54 | 9.6 | 271 | 38.3 | 325 | 25.6 | |
Stopped | 39 | 6.9 | 32 | 4.5 | 71 | 5.6 | |
Drinker | 470 | 83.5 | 404 | 57.1 | 874 | 68.8 | |
Leisure-time physical activity *4 | |||||||
Daily/almost daily | 95 | 16.9 | 78 | 11.0 | 173 | 13.6 | |
Once a week or occasionally | 131 | 23.3 | 54 | 7.7 | 185 | 14.6 | |
Never | 337 | 59.8 | 574 | 81.3 | 911 | 71.8 | |
Morbidity | Hypertension status *5 | ||||||
Non-hypertensive | 336 | 59.7 | 457 | 64.7 | 793 | 62.5 | |
Untreated | 162 | 28.8 | 127 | 18.0 | 289 | 22.8 | |
Uncontrolled | 49 | 8.7 | 87 | 12.3 | 136 | 10.7 | |
Controlled | 16 | 2.8 | 35 | 5.0 | 51 | 4.0 | |
Body Mass Index *6 | |||||||
<25 kg/m2 | 309 | 54.9 | 373 | 53.0 | 682 | 53.8 | |
≥25 kg/m2 | 254 | 45.1 | 331 | 47.0 | 585 | 46.2 | |
Diabetes | |||||||
No | 537 | 95.4 | 658 | 93.2 | 1195 | 94.2 | |
Yes | 26 | 4.6 | 48 | 6.8 | 74 | 5.8 | |