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Table 5 Relationship between practice of cardiovascular disease prevention and clinical risk

From: The ten-year risk of developing cardiovascular disease among public health workers in North-Central Nigeria using Framingham and atherogenic index of plasma risk scores

 

Practice

Clinical risk scores

Poor

Fair

Good

Total

χ2

p-value

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

N (%)

  

Framingham

 Low risk

37 (12.5)

202 (68.2)

57 (19.3)

296 (98.3)

0.474Y

0.976

 Moderate risk

0 (0.0)

2 (66.7)

1 (66.7)

3 (1.0)

  

 High risk

0 (0.0)

1 (50.0)

1 (50.0)

2 (0.7)

  

Atherogenic Index of Plasma

 Mild risk

34 (12.1)

191 (68.0)

56 (19.9)

281 (93.4)

0.261Y

0.992

 Intermediate

2 (14.3)

10 (71.4)

2 (14.3)

14 (4.7)

  

 High risk

1 (16.1)

4 (66.7)

1 (16.7)

6 (2.0)

  
  1. χ2Chi square test, Y Yates corrected Chi square
  2. There was no significant relationship between good CVD prevention practices and clinical risk scoring. (p values > 0.05)
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