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Table 2 Prevalence (%) of each non-communicable disease over 11-wave, follow-up by educational level

From: Educational level as a predictor of the incidences of non-communicable diseases among middle-aged Japanese: a hazards-model analysis

Educational level

All

Low

Middle

High

p for trend

N

Men (N = 15,127)

 Diabetes

13.7

15.4

14.2

11.4

<  0.001

13,719

 Heart disease

9.7

9.8

9.7

9.5

0.687

14,581

 Stroke

4.9

5.9

5.0

3.9

<  0.001

14,886

 Hypertension

32.9

32.7

33.2

32.5

0.820

12,281

 Hyperlipidaemia

23.8

18.0

24.0

28.0

<  0.001

13,792

 Cancer

8.6

9.1

8.6

8.3

0.237

14,931

Women (N = 16,083)

 Diabetes

8.8

13.4

8.0

5.3

<  0.001

15,333

 Heart disease

6.0

7.1

5.8

5.8

<  0.001

15,803

 Stroke

3.2

4.3

3.0

1.7

<  0.001

15,938

 Hypertension

23.8

27.7

23.4

18.6

<  0.001

13,586

 Hyperlipidaemia

25.7

20.7

26.8

28.3

<  0.001

14,706

 Cancer

7.5

7.7

7.4

7.1

0.528

15,762