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Table 1 Cohort characteristics, Agincourt sub-district, South Africa 2015

From: Cardiometabolic risk in a population of older adults with multiple co-morbidities in rural south africa: the HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: longitudinal studies of INDEPTH communities) study

Indicator

All

Male

Female

p-value: Overall

n

Mean (±SD)

n

Mean (±SD)

n

Mean (±SD)

Age (years)

5059

61.7 (±13.1)

2345

61.7 (±12.8)

2714

61.7 (±13.3)

0.990

Weight (kg)

4786

71.5 (±18.2)

2211

70.0 (±16.9)

2575

72.7 (±19.1)

<0.001

Height (m)

4685

1.6 (±10.1)

2160

1.7 (±9.3)

2525

1.6 (±8.2)

<0.001

Average SBP (mmHg)

4895

138.0 (±23.3)

2260

137.9 (±23.5)

2635

138.1 (±23.3)

0.703

Average DBP (mmHg)

4895

82.1 (±12.7)

2260

81.9 (±13.2)

2635

82.3 (±12.3)

0.305

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

4680

27.5 (±10.0)

2156

25.1 (±9.2)

2524

29.6 (±10.2)

<0.001

Waist Circumference (cm)

4758

92.4 (±15.1)

2204

89.4 (±13.3)

2554

95.0 (±16.0)

<0.001

Waist-Hip Ratio

4728

0.91 (±0.08)

2194

0.92 (±0..08)

2534

0.89 (±0..08)

<0.001

Total Cholesterol (mmol/L)

4196

4.24 (±1.3)

1886

4.0 (±1.2)

2310

4.4 (±1.3)

<0.001

High Density Lipoprotein (mmol/L)

4234

1.6 (±0.6)

1911

1.6 (±0.6)

2323

1.6 (±0.5)

0.030

Triglycerides (mmol/L)

4223

1.8 (±1.6)

1903

1.7 (±2.1)

2320

1.8 (±1.0)

0.298

Low Density Lipoprotein (mmol/L)

3841

2.1 (±1.5)

1714

2.0 (±1.9)

2127

2.2 (±1.0)

<0.001

 

n

Mean (IQR)

n

Mean (IQR)

n

Mean (IQR)

 

Glucosea, b (mmol/L)

4626

6.7 (5.1; 7.2)

2130

6.5 (5.0; 7.1)

2496

6.8 (5.2; 7.2)

<0.001

hsCRPb, c (mg/L)

4296

3.3 (1.2; 4.3)

1955

3.1 (1.1; 4.1)

2341

3.3 (1.4; 4.5)

<0.001

 

n

Proportion (%)

n

Proportion (%)

n

Proportion (%)

p-value: Overall

Current Smokers

5059

9.1

---

2345

19.2

---

2714

0.4

---

<0.001

HIV Positived

4576

22.9

---

2099

23.0

---

2477

22.8

---

0.872

  1. aPoint-of-care (random) glucose; bSkewed distributions were log-transformed and the inter-quartile ranges 1(25%) and 3 (75%) are reported; chsCRP = high-sensitivity C-Reactive Protein; dSelf-report and lab assay