Table 3 Age- and gender-specific prevalence of behavioural, physical and biochemical risk factors
Women (n = 955)£ | ||||
Risk factor | 20–34 years, % (95%CI) | 35–49 years, % (95%CI) | 50–69 years, % (95%CI) | Pvalue* |
Low fruit and vegetables consumption | 97.5 (95.9,99.0) | 96.2 (94.0,98.4) | 98.5 (98.5,96.9) | 0.242 |
High salt intake | 26.9 (23.0,31.0) | 9.7 (6.0,13.0) | 13.3 (9.0,17.0) | < 0.001 |
Low physical activity | 81.0 (77.1,84.8) | 78.5 (73.8,83.8) | 85.6 (81.3,89.8) | 0.103 |
Hypertension | 14.8 (11.0,17.9) | 37.8 (32.2,43.4) | 67.2 (61.4,72.9) | < 0.001 |
Overweight and obesity | 50.7 (46.0,56.0) | 71.0 (66.0,76.0) | 72.6 (67.0,78.0) | < 0.001 |
High waist circumference | 51.6 (47.0,57.0) | 81.4 (77.0,86.0) | 82.1 (77.0,87.0) | < 0.001 |
Diabetes | 3.4 (0.9,5.8) | 16.3 (10.8,21.7) | 22.2 (15.9,28.5) | < 0.001 |
High triglycerides | 10.7 (6.4,15.0) | 21.8 (15.5,28.0) | 29.0 (21.9,36.0) | < 0.001 |
High cholesterol | 13.6 (8.8,18.3) | 24.1 (17.6,30.6) | 31.6 (24.3,38.9) | < 0.001 |
Men (n = 145) £ | ||||
Risk factor | 20–34 years,% (95%CI) | 35–69 years,% (95%CI) | NA | *Pvalue |
Low fruit and vegetables consumption | 98.7 (98.7,99.1) | 91.3 (84.4,98.1) | 0.038 | |
High salt intake | 23.7 (14.0,33.0) | 20.0 (11.0,30.0) | 0.623 | |
Low physical activity | 56.6 (45.2,67.9) | 59.7 (47.6,71.8) | 0.708 | |
Current smoking | 18.4 (10.0,27.0) | 36.2 (25.0,48.0) | 0.016 | |
Current khat chewers | 28.9 (19.0,39.0) | 44.9 (33.0,57.0) | 0.046 | |
Hypertension | 17.1 (8.4,25.8) | 50.7 (38.6,62.8) | < 0.001 | |
Overweight and obesity | 14.5 (16.0,23.0) | 33.3 (22.0,45.0) | 0.007 | |
High waist circumference | 6.6 (1.0,12.0) | 40.6 (29.0,52.0) | < 0.001** | |
Diabetes | 7.4 (−3.1,17.9) | 25.0 (10.1,39.8) | 0.097** | |
High triglycerides | 25.9 (8.2,43.6) | 42.4 (24.6,60.2) | 0.189 | |
High cholesterol | 20.0 (3.1,36.8) | 48.6 (21.8,56.9) | 0.031** | |