The performance of anthropometric measures to predict diabetes mellitus and hypertension among adults in Jordan

BMC Public Health

Table 1 The socio-demographic, anthropometric, and clinical characteristics of participants according to gender

	Women N = 2863		Men N = 1193		Total	P-value
	n	%	n	%	N
Age (year)						< 0.001
< 50	1966	68.8	648	54.4	2614
≥ 50	890	31.2	543	45.6	1433
Marital status						< 0.001
Single	462	16.1	144	12.1	606
Married	2401	83.9	1049	87.9	3450
Region						< 0.001
North	922	32.2	390	32.7	1312
Middle	1295	45.2	471	39.5	1766
South	646	22.6	332	27.8	978
Smoking status						< 0.001
None smoker	2628	91.8	592	49.6	3220
Past smoker	46	1.6	206	17.3	252
Current smoker	189	6.6	395	33.1	584
High triglycerides level	1036	36.2	647	54.2	1683	< 0.001
Low HDL	1659	57.9	732	61.4	2391	< 0.001
Previously diagnosed diabetes	433	15.1	326	27.3	759	< 0.001
Recently diagnosed diabetes	64	2.2	44	3.7	108	< 0.001
Previously diagnosed hypertension	614	21.4	336	28.2	950	< 0.001
Recently diagnosed hypertension	529	18.5	323	27.1	852	< 0.001

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