Prevalence of coronary artery disease and its risk factors in Kerala, South India: a community-based cross-sectional study

Table 6 Age adjusted prevalence of major risk factors of CAD by gender and area

Risk factor	All			Men							Women							p value**
				Urban			Rural			p value*	Urban			Rural			p value*
	n	%	SE	n	%	SE	n	%	SE		n	%	SE	n	%	SE
Diabetes	5135	15.23	0.50	962	19.14	1.40	1097	16.23	1.16	0.0831	1272	15.40	0.95	1804	12.47	0.73	0.020	<0.001
Hypertension	5153	28.44	0.63	967	39.99	2.04	1095	26.24	1.33	<0.001	1275	30.15	1.29	1816	23.42	0.85	<0.001	<0.001
High cholesterol	5121	52.31	0.88	960	56.54	2.22	1092	53.36	1.85	0.1487	1264	49.23	1.76	1805	52.35	1.35	0.089	0.023
Low HDL	5120	38.55	0.88	959	23.92	1.94	1092	27.56	1.69	0.0603	1264	43.41	2.02	1805	48.73	1.44	0.004	<0.001
Smoking	2072	28.05	1.19	971	30.45	2.00	1101	26.88	1.48	0.0721	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Physical inactivity	5167	17.45	0.64	971	30.72	2.06	1101	28.77	1.64	0.3315	1277	11.19	1.19	1818	9.38	0.64	0.101	<0.001
Family history	5167	18.35	0.64	971	18.97	1.47	1101	17.37	1.39	0.3467	1277	20.37	1.39	1818	16.92	1.02	0.015	0.939

P prevalence, SE standard error, *p value between urban and rural; **p value between men and women

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