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Table 6 Prevalence of hypertension (HPN), hypercholesterolemia (HPC) and diabetes mellitus (DM) by nutritional status of respondents

From: Non-communicable diseases among low income adults in rural coastal communities in Eastern Sabah, Malaysia

Risk factors

Hypertension, N (row %)

Chi-square/ p-value

Hypercholesterolemia, N (row %)

Chi-square/ p-value

Diabetes Mellitus, N (row %)

Chi-square/ p-value

HPN (n = 108)

Non-HPN (n = 222)

HPC (n = 140)

Non-HPC (n = 190)

DM (n = 24)

Non-DM (n = 306)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Body Mass Index (BMI)

29.426/

 

29.120/

 

20.015/

 Underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2)

2

(5.9)

32

(94.1)

< 0.001

6

(17.6)

28

(82.4)

< 0.001

0

(0.0)

34

(100.0)

< 0.001

 Normal (18.5–22.9 kg/m2)

18

(19.8)

73

(80.2)

24

(26.4)

67

(73.6)

0

(0.0)

91

(100.0)

 Overweight (23–27.4 kg/m2)

39

(38.6)

62

(61.4)

52

(51.5)

49

(48.5)

8

(7.9)

93

(92.1)

 Obese (≥27.5 kg/m2)

49

(47.1)

55

(52.9)

58

(55.8)

46

(44.2)

16

(15.4)

88

(84.6)

Body Fat (BF)

39.055/< 0.001

 

34.919/

 

21.404/< 0.001

 Low BF

1

(2.6)

38

(97.4)

4

(10.3)

35

(89.7)

< 0.001

0

(0.0)

39

(100.0)

 Normal BF

33

(24.3)

103

(75.7)

48

(35.3)

88

(64.7)

3

(2.2)

133

(97.8)

 Moderate BF

49

(44.5)

61

(55.5)

59

(53.6)

51

(46.4)

13

(11.8)

97

(88.2)

 High BF

25

(56.8)

19

(43.2)

29

(65.9)

15

(34.1)

8

(18.2)

36

(81.8)

Waist Circumference (WC)

22.936/< 0.001

 

25.991/

 

16.401/< 0.001

 Positive abdominal obesity (Men: ≥90 cm; Women: ≥80 cm)

86

(42.6)

116

(57.4)

108

(53.5)

94

(46.5)

< 0.001

24

(11.9)

178

(88.1)

 Normal WC (Men: < 90 cm; Women: < 80 cm)

22

(17.2)

106

(82.8)

32

(25.0)

96

(75.0)

0

(0.0)

128

(100.0)