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Table 5 Relative prevalence of various risk factors with increasing age in males and females presented as univariate and adjusted odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals

From: Younger age of escalation of cardiovascular risk factors in Asian Indian subjects

Variables

Age group

Univariate odds ratios

Adjusted for body mass index

Adjusted for waist circumference

Adjusted for waist hip ratio

Males

     

Smoking

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

5.3 (3.6–7.0)

--

--

--

 

30–39

16.0 (10.5–21.5)

--

--

--

Body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2

15–19

1.0

--

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

1.6 (0.9–2.7)

--

--

--

 

30–39

7.1 (4.5–11.2)

--

--

--

Waist:hip ratio > 0.9

15–19

1.0

1.0

--

--

 

20–29

4.5 (2.7–7.6)

--

--

--

 

30–39

21.1 (12.9–34.2)

--

--

--

Hypertension

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

2.6 (1.2–5.8)

1.7 (0.7–3.9)

1.1 (0.4–2.8)

1.3 (0.5–3.2)

 

30–39

13.0 (6.9–24.6)

7.4 (3.7–14.8)

3.4 (1.5–7.5)

4.3 (1.9–9.5)

LDL cholesterol ≥ 130 mg/dl

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

6.4 (3.3–12.2)

5.9 (3.0–11.5)

4.7 (2.4–9.4)

5.4 (2.7–10.9)

 

30–39

27.4 (15.2–49.6)

22.2 (11.7–42.0)

16.7 (8.2–34.1)

20.1 (9.8–41.3)

Triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dl

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

3.7 (1.9–7.1)

2.7 (1.4–5.4)

2.4 (1.2–4.8)

2.6 (1.3–5.1)

 

30–39

24.2 (13.9–42.1)

19.9 (10.9–36.1)

15.8 (8.2–30.8)

16.8 (8.6–32.6)

HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dl

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

2.4 (1.5–3.8)

2.4 (1.5–3.9)

1.9 (1.2–3.3)

1.7 (1.0–2.9)

 

30–39

15.8 (10.2–24.5)

15.1 (9.3–24.7)

12.9 (7.4–22.6)

10.9 (6.4–18.9)

Total: HDL cholesterol > 4.5

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

1.6 (1.4–1.9)

1.5 (1.3–1.8)

1.4 (1.1–1.7)

1.4 (1.2–1.7)

 

30–39

37.9 (22.5–63.9)

32.7 (18.6–57.5)

27.9 (14.8–52.4)

26.8 (14.3–50.3)

Diabetes

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

4.0 (0.3–64.5)

4.2 (0.3–69.9)

2.6 (1.0–72.3)

2.4 (0.9–67.0)

 

30–39

50.7 (6.4–403.4)

27.8 (3.2–242.7)

26.2 (1.9–365.8)

19.9 (1.2–336.1)

Metabolic syndrome

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

37.7 (4.8–298.2)

20.7 (2.5–171.7)

14.3 (1.6–128.4)

17.3 (2.1–148.5)

 

30–39

168.5 (22.8–1247.1)

95.6 (12.3–741.5)

62.9 (6.4–621.3)

59.1 (6.2–568.1)

Females

     

Smoking

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

1.0

--

--

--

 

30–39

6.3 (5.5–7.1)

--

--

--

Body mass index ≥ 25 kg/m2

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

0.8 (0.5–1.4)

--

--

--

 

30–39

11.3 (7.3–11.5)

--

--

--

Waist:hip ratio > 0.8

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

3.1 (2.2–4.3)

--

--

--

 

30–39

17.2 (11.0–26.8)

--

--

--

Hypertension

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

4.8 (0.9–24.9)

4.5 (0.9–23.7)

3.1 (0.6–16.6)

3.2 (0.6–16.7)

 

30–39

64.0 (14.9–73.9)

18.2 (4.1–82.9)

10.3 (2.0–52.0)

39.1 (7.9–192.7

LDL cholesterol ≥ 130 mg/dl

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

1.8 (0.9–3.6)

1.8 (0.9–3.5)

1.6 (0.8–3.2)

1.9 (0.9–3.7)

 

30–39

19.5 (11.0–34.4)

18.2 (9.5–34.8)

17.2 (8.1–36.7)

19.5 (9.7–39.2)

Triglycerides ≥ 150 mg/dl

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

0.9 (0.4–2.0)

0.9 (0.4–2.0)

0.8 (0.3–1.8)

0.8 (0.4–1.9)

 

30–39

10.0 (5.5–18.2)

8.5 (4.3–16.6)

7.0 (3.2–15.1)

8.2 (4.0–16.8)

HDL cholesterol < 40 mg/dl

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

0.8 (0.6–1.0)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

0.7 (0.6–1.1)

 

30–39

14.1 (7.5–26.7)

11.9 (6.1–23.2)

10.6 (5.2–21.8)

15.8 (7.8–32.0)

Total: HDL cholesterol > 4.5

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

0.9 (0.8–1.1)

0.9 (0.8–1.2)

 

30–39

6.1 (4.5–8.2)

5.9 (4.3–8.3)

5.3 (3.7–7.6)

5.8 (4.1–8.1)

Diabetes

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

30–39

17.4 (1.9–156.5)

17.0 (1.3–217.7)

31.6 (0.6–1605.0)

22.0 (1.0–474.5)

Metabolic syndrome

15–19

1.0

1.0

1.0

1.0

 

20–29

5.7 (0.6–55.3)

5.2 (0.5–51.1)

2.2 (0.2–23.4)

3.0 (0.3–31.0)

 

30–39

146.2 (19.9–1027.9)

75.1 (9.7–583.9)

19.7 (2.5–155.3)

48.8 (6.3–378.9)