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Table 1 Sociodemographic status and control of risk factors stratified by sex

From: Control of cardiovascular risk factors and its determinants in the general population– findings from the STAAB cohort study

 

NTotal

Female

Male

P-value

 

1379

729 (52.9)

650 (47.1)

 

Age group in years

  

0.62

 30–39

166 (12.0)

82 (11.2)

84 (12.9)

 

 40–49

417 (30.2)

226 (31.0)

191 (29.4)

 

 50–59

339 (24.6)

185 (25.4)

154 (23.7)

 

 60–69

340 (24.7)

180 (24.7)

160 (24.6)

 

 70–79

117 (8.5)

56 (7.7)

61 (9.4)

 

Highest education in years

  

<0.001

 Primary (<10 yrs)

331 (24.1)

163 (22.4)

168 (26.0)

 

 Secondary (10 yrs)

411 (29.9)

257 (35.3)

154 (23.8)

 

 Tertiary (12 yrs)

621 (45.2)

301 (41.3)

320 (49.5)

 

 Unclassified

12 (0.9)

7 (1.0)

5 (0.8)

 

Marital status

  

<0.001

 Single

337 (24.5)

177 (24.3)

160 (24.7)

 

 Married

811 (59.0)

396 (54.4)

415 (64.1)

 

 Divorced

157 (11.4)

104 (14.3)

53 (8.2)

 

 Widowed

70 (5.1)

51 (7.0)

19 (2.9)

 

Household net income per month in Euro

  

<0.001

  <1500

168 (13.2)

112 (16.9)

56 (9.1)

 

 1500 to <2900

458 (35.9)

259 (20.3)

199 (32.4)

 

 2900 to <5000

421 (33.0)

192 (29.0)

229 (37.3)

 

  >5000

229 (17.9)

99 (15.0)

130 (21.2)

 

BP a (mmHg)

   

 Systolic

129.0 (118.0; 142.0)

123.0 (113.0; 138.0)

133.5 (123.0; 144.0)

<0.001

 Diastolic

79.0 (72.5; 85.5)

76.5 (70.5; 83.5)

81.0 (75.5; 88.0)

<0.001

High BP levels

   

 Self-reported hypertension

546 (39.6)

282 (38.7)

264 (40.6)

0.46

 BP ≥140/90 mmHg

433 (31.8)

177 (24.7)

256 (39.6)

<0.001

 Unreported high BP above target

156 (36.0)

47 (26.6)

109 (42.6)

0.001

 Antihypertensive medication

372 (27.0)

197 (27.0)

175 (27.0)

0.90

 High BP level despite medicatione

193 (52.7)

94 (48.7)

99 (57.2)

0.12

 Diabetics treated with antihypertensive agents

38 (67.9)

17 (68.0)

21 (67.7)

0.98

 High BP level despite medicatione in diabetics

    

 Type 1

2 (5.6)

1 (6.7)

1 (4.8)

0.76

 Type 2

16 (44.4)

6 (40.0)

10 (47.6)

0.62

Diabetes mellitus

    

 Self-reported diabetes

79 (5.7)

43 (5.9)

36 (5.5)

0.77

 HbA1c >6.5%

46 (3.5)

22 (3.2)

24 (3.9)

0.50

 Unreported DM above target

13 (28.3)

7 (31.8)

6 (25.0)

0.75

 Antidiabetic medication

56 (4.1)

25 (3.4)

31 (4.8)

0.20

 HbA1c ≥ 7% despite antidiabeticse

22 (44.0)

9 (39.1)

13 (48.1)

0.52

LDL-cholesterol b (mg/dl)

120.0 (100.0; 146.0)

117.5 (96.8; 146.0)

123.0 (105.5; 146.0)

<0.01

High LDL-cholesterol levels

 

 Self-reported hyperlipidemia

488 (35.4)

247 (33.9)

241 (37.1)

0.22

 LDL-C >115 mg/dl

753 (57.6)

365 (52.9)

388 (62.8)

<0.001

 Unreported high LDL-C levels above target

408 (54.2)

187 (51.2)

221 (57.0)

0.12

 Lipid-lowering agents

112 (8.1)

47 (6.4)

65 (10.0)

0.02

 High LDL-C level despite medicatione

38 (37.3)

18 (42.9)

20 (33.3)

0.33

 Lipid lowering treated diabetics

22 (39.3)

8 (32.0)

14 (45.2)

0.32

 High LDL-C level despite medicatione in diabetics

4 (21.1)

2 (28.6)

2 (16.7)

0.84

Physically inactive

323 (30.8)

180 (33.1)

143 (28.2)

0.08

Overweight

   

<0.001

 BMIc (kg/m2)

25.5 (23.0; 28.9)

24.7 (21.9; 28.5)

26.3 (24.2; 29.1)

<0.001

 BMI > 25 kg/m2

751 (55.2)

336 (46.7)

415 (64.7)

<0.001

 BMI > 25 kg/m2 despite physical activity

393 (54.9)

162 (45.4)

231 (64.3)

<0.001

Current smoking

266 (19.3)

121 (16.6)

145 (22.3)

<0.01

Insufficiently controlled CV risk factors d

   

<0.001

 0–2

639 (65.8)

361 (72.3)

278 (58.9)

 

 3–6

322 (23.2)

138 (27.7)

194 (41.1)

 
  1. Data are count (percent) or median (quartiles). Analyses are restricted to patients without missing values in respective variables.
  2. aBlood pressure
  3. bLow density lipoprotein- Cholesterol
  4. cBody mass index
  5. dCardiovascular risk factors
  6. eProportion addressed at participant being treated