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Table 3 Awareness of myocardial infarction risk factors between public and outpatients stratified by age

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

Age (years)

Public

 

Outpatients

  
 

n

Aware (%)

n

Aware (%)

p*

Hypertension

 All

2199

1291(58.7)

515

411(79.8)

<0.001

 18-34

1238

719(58.1)

209

165(78.9)

0.017

 35-49

683

423(61.9)

211

171(81.0)

0.042

>50

278

149(53.6)

95

75(78.9)

0.064

Dyslipidemia

 All

2199

520(23.6)

515

209(40.6)

<0.001

 18-34

1238

295(23.8)

209

75(35.9)

0.036

 35-49

683

173(25.3)

211

101(47.9)

<0.001

>50

278

52(18.7)

95

33(34.7)

0.061

Diabetes

 All

2199

779(35.4)

515

291(56.5)

<0.001

 18-34

1238

439(35.5)

209

111(53.1)

0.012

 35-49

683

258(37.8)

211

121(57.3)

0.011

>50

278

82(29.5)

95

59(62.1)

0.004

Sedentary lifestyle

 All

2199

884(40.2)

515

243(47.2)

0.127

 18-34

1238

510(41.2)

209

88(42.1)

0.896

 35-49

683

296(43.3)

211

112(53.1)

0.207

>50

278

78(28.1)

95

43(45.3)

0.088

Heavy alcohol intake

 All

2199

781(35.5)

515

264(51.3)

<0.001

 18-34

1238

457(36.9)

209

90(43.1)

0.357

 35-49

683

252(36.9)

211

123(58.3)

0.005

>50

278

72(25.9)

95

51(53.7)

0.008

Previous stroke

 All

2199

551(25.1)

515

193(37.5)

0.002

 18-34

1238

326(26.3)

209

62(29.7)

0.549

 35-49

683

180(26.4)

211

96(45.5)

0.004

>50

278

45(16.2)

95

35(36.8)

0.015

Heart diseases

 All

2199

879(40.0)

515

243(47.2)

0.114

 18-34

1238

531(42.9)

209

79(37.8)

0.449

 35-49

683

273(40.0)

211

112(53.1)

0.084

>50

278

75(27.0)

95

52(54.7)

0.009

Family history of stroke/ heart diseases

 All

2199

321(14.6)

515

137(26.6)

<0.001

 18-34

1238

193(15.6)

209

42(20.1)

0.310

 35-49

683

100(14.6)

211

72(34.1)

<0.001

>50

278

28(10.1)

95

23(24.2)

0.038

Obesity

 All

2199

1471(66.9)

515

400(77.7)

0.067

 18-34

1238

848(68.5)

209

178(85.2)

0.072

 35-49

683

475(69.5)

211

155(73.5)

0.678

>50

278

148(53.2)

95

67(70.5)

0.192

Smoking

 All

2199

927(42.2)

515

352(68.3)

<0.001

 18-34

1238

525(42.4)

209

131(62.7)

0.008

 35-49

683

312(45.7)

211

152(72.0)

0.002

>50

278

90(32.4)

95

69(72.6)

<0.001

  1. p*: calculated using chi-squared