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Table 2 Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factors stratified by gender and age

From: Prevalence and clustering of cardiovascular disease risk factors in rural Nepalese population aged 40–80 years

Characteristics

Current Smoking

Harmful use of alcohol

Fruit/Vegetable< 5 servings

Inadequate Physical activity

Overweight and obesity

Hypertension

Diabetes mellitus

TC (> 200 mg/dl)

TG(> 150 mg/dl)

HDL (M < 40, F < 50 mg/dl)

LDL(> 130 mg/dl)

Dyslipidemia

Men and Women

 40–49

17.5

9.5

66.4

14.6

64.2

36.5

15.3

19

26.3

32.1

11.7

57.9

 50–59

25.7

14.3

76.2

6.7

59.0

42.9

15.1

19

29.5

30.5

9.5

58.1

 60–69

31.0

9.9

71.8

8.5

64.8

52.1

15.5

15.5

28.2

23.9

12.7

56.3

 70–79

31.3

6.3

81.3

6.3

28.1

50

15.6

6.2

21.9

31.2

3.1

40.6

 Total

24.1

10.7

71.9

10.1

59.4

42.9

16.2

17.1

27.2

29.9

10.4

55.9

 95% CI

19.5–28.6

7.4–13.9

67.1–76.6

6.9–13.2

54.2–64.5

37.6–48.1

14.0–18.3

14.9–19.2

24.6–29.7

27.2–32.5

8.6–12.1

53.0–58.7

Age sex adjusted prevalence

24.9

10.4

71.5

9.9

58.6

43.2

15.9

16.8

27.5

29.3

10.1

55.4

Men

 40–49

26.2

20.0

75.4

9.2

56.9

44.6

16.9

24.6

35.4

13.8

18.5

55.4

 50–59

26.1

28.3

78.3

2.2

69.6

52.2

17.4

17.4

34.8

10.9

8.7

50.0

 60–69

37.5

18.8

71.9

12.5

65.6

46.9

15.6

15.6

34.4

18.8

12.5

56.3

 70–79

36.4

9.1

90.9

0.0

36.4

36.4

9.1

9.1

27.3

0.0

0.0

27.3

 Total

29.2

21.4

76.6

7.1

61.0

46.8

16.2

19.5

34.4

13.0

13.0

51.9

Women

 40–49

9.7

0.0

58.3

19.4

70.8

29.2

13.9

13.9

18.1

48.6

5.6

59.7

 50–59

25.4

3.1

74.6

10.2

50.8

35.6

18.6

20.3

25.4

45.8

10.2

64.4

 60–69

25.6

4.8

71.8

5.1

64.1

56.4

15.4

15.4

23.1

28.2

12.8

56.4

 70–79

28.6

4.2

76.2

9.5

23.8

57.1

19.0

4.8

19

47.6

4.8

47.6

 Total

19.9

2.3

68.1

12.6

58.1

39.8

16.2

15.2

21.5

43.5

8.4

59.2

P value (men and women)

0.044

< 0.001

0.079

0.097

0.58

0.194

0.99

0.29

0.007

0.001

0.16

0.18

P value (age groups)

0.105

0.56

0.506

0.224

0.002

0.144

0.94

0.33

0.84

0.66

0.47

0.33

  1. TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglyceride, HDL High-density Lipoprotein, LDL Low-density Lipoprotein