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Table 1 Sociodemographic and myocardial infarction risk factors among respondents

From: Age and healthy lifestyle behavior’s disparities and similarities on knowledge of myocardial infarction symptoms and risk factors among public and outpatients in a resource-limited setting, cross-sectional study in greater Gaborone, Botswana

 

Total

n=2714

n (%)

Public

n=2199

n (%)

Outpatients

n=515

n (%)

 p

Sociodemographic factors

Gender

  Female

1532(56.4)

1251(56.9)

281(54.6)

0.338

  Male

1182(43.6)

948(43.1)

234(45.4)

 

 Age category (years)

  18-34

1447(53.3)

1238(56.3)

209(40.6)

<0.001

  35-49

894(32.9)

683(31.1)

211(41.0)

 

  >50

373(13.7)

278(12.6)

95(18.4)

 

 Education level

  Primary, or unknown

307(11.3)

255(11.6)

52(10.1)

0.486

  Secondary

1311(48.3)

1052(47.8)

259(50.3)

 

  Tertiary

1096(40.4)

892(40.6)

204(39.6)

 

 Medical insurance

  Yes

373(13.7)

274(12.5)

99(19.2)

<0.001

  No, unknown

2341(86.3)

1925(87.5)

416(80.8)

 

 Residing/working together

  Yes

857(31.6)

673(30.6)

184(35.7)

0.024

  No

1857(68.4)

1526(69.4)

331(64.3)

 

Self-reported risk factors

History of hypertension

  Yes

258(9.5)

161(7.3)

97(18.8)

<0.001

  No, unknown

2456(90.5)

2038(92.7)

418(81.2)

 

History of CVDS

  Yes

131(4.8)

70(3.2)

61(11.8)

<0.001

  No

2583(95.2)

2129(96.8)

454(88.2)

 

Family history of stroke/heart diseases

  None

760(28.0)

711(32.3)

49(9.5)

<0.001

  Both heart diseases and stroke

739(27.2)

566(25.7)

173(33.6)

 

  Heart diseases

851(31.4)

649(29.5)

202(39.2)

 

  Stroke

364(13.4)

273(12.4)

91(17.7)

 

BMI

  Underweight

95(3.5)

78(3.5)

17(3.3)

0.006

  Normal, unknown

2048(75.5)

1651(75.1)

397(77.1)

 

  Overweight

539(19.9)

451(20.5)

88(17.1)

 

  Obesity

32(1.2)

19(0.9)

13(2.5)

 

Healthy dietary status

  No, unknown

1039(38.3)

909(41.3)

130(25.2)

<0.001

  Yes

1675(61.7)

1290(58.7)

385(74.8)

 

Alcohol consumption

  No, unknown

1907(70.3)

1559(70.9)

348(67.6)

0.003

  Current

730(26.9)

589(26.8)

141(27.4)

 

  Former

77(2.8)

51(2.3)

26(5.0)

 

Smoking status

  No, unknown

2297(84.6)

1888(85.9)

409(79.4)

<0.001

  Current

355(13.1)

271(12.3)

84(16.3)

 

  Former

62(2.3)

40(1.8)

22(4.3)

 

Intensity of physical activity

  None, unknown

1860(68.5)

1534(69.8)

326(63.3)

0.004

  Light

225(8.3)

174(7.9)

51(9.9)

 

  Moderate

507(18.7)

387(17.6)

120(23.3)

 

  High

122(4.5)

104(4.7)

18(3.5)

 

History of HIV/AIDS

  Yes

491(18.1)

277(12.6)

214(41.6)

<0.001

  No , unknown

2223(81.9)

1922(87.4)

301(58.4)

 

History of psychiatric diseases

  Yes

90(3.3)

0(0)

90(17.5)

<0.001

  No

2624(96.7)

2199(100.0)

425(82.5)

 

Calculated risk factors

BMI

  Underweight (<18.5)

99(3.6)

87(4.0)

12(2.3)

0.001

  Normal (18.5<25), unknown

1377(50.7)

1079(49.1)

298(57.9)

 

  Overweight (25<30)

742(27.3)

628(28.6)

114(22.1)

 

  Obesity (>30)

496(18.3)

405(18.4)

91(17.7)

 
  1. NA not applicable, CVDS cardiovascular risk factors (diabetes, dyslipidemia, stroke, or heart diseases)
  2. Psychiatric diseases: depression or anxiety, BMI Body Mass Index