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Table 3 Sociodemographic status and control of cardiovascular risk factors stratified by SCORE

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

 

NTotal

Total cardiovascular risk (SCORE)

 

980

<1% (low)

555 (56.6)

≥1 to <5% (medium)

351 (35.8)

≥5% (high to very high)

74 (7.5)

p-value

Gender

 

<0.001

 Female

523 (53.4)

374 (67.4)

146 (41.6)

3 (4.1)

 

 Male

457 (46.6)

181 (32.6)

205 (58.4)

71 (95.9)

 

Age in years

<0.001

 40–49

377 (38.5)

359 (64.7)

18 (5.1)

0 (0.0)

 

 50–59

308 (31.4)

171 (30.8)

133 (37.9)

4 (5.4)

 

 60–69

295 (30.1)

25 (4.5)

200 (57.0)

70 (94.6)

 

Highest education in years

 

0.001

 Primary (< 10 yrs)

223 (22.8)

96 (17.3)

104 (29.7)

23 (31.5)

 

 Secondary (10 yrs)

319 (32.7)

188 (33.9)

111 (31.7)

20 (27.4)

 

 Tertiary (12 yrs)

426 (43.6)

265 (47.8)

132 (37.7)

29 (39.7)

 

 unclassified

9 (0.9)

5 (0.9)

3 (0.9)

1 (1.4)

 

Marital status

 

0.13

 Single

208 (21.2)

132 (23.8)

67 (19.1)

9 (12.2)

 

 Married

610 (62.3)

337 (60.8)

219 (62.4)

54 (73.0)

 

 Divorced

122 (12.5)

67 (12.1)

47 (13.4)

8 (10.8)

 

 Widowed

39 (4.0)

18 (3.2)

18 (5.1)

3 (4.1)

 

Net income per month in Euro

    

0.02

  <1500

109 (12.0)

48 (9.3)

47 (14.5)

14 (20.0)

 

 1500 to <2900

297 (32.6)

163 (31.6)

111 (37.4)

123 (32.9)

 

 2900 to <5000

311 (34.1)

182 (35.3)

111 (34.2)

18 (25.7)

 

  >5000

194 (21.3)

123 (23.8)

56 (17.2)

15 (21.4)

 

BP a (mmHg)

  

 Systolic

128.0 (118.0; 141.0)

122.5 (114.5; 132.5)

135.5 (124.0; 148.0)

149.3 (137.8;161.9)

<0.001

 Diastolic

79.5 (73.0; 86.4)

77.5 (71.5; 84.5)

81.5 (75.0; 88.5)

85.0 (80.0; 90.9)

<0.001

High BP levels

     

 Self-reported hypertension

366 (37.3)

154 (27.9)

173 (49.9)

39 (52.7)

<0.001

 BP > 140/90 mmHg

302 (30.8)

90 (16.2)

157 (44.7)

55 (74.3)

<0.001

 Antihypertensive treatment

238 (24.3)

85 (15.3)

129 (36.8)

24 (32.4)

<0.001

 High BP level despite medicationd

120 (50.4)

28 (32.9)

70 (54.3)

22 (91.7)

<0.001

LDL- Cholesterol b (mg/dl)

124 (104.0; 149.0)

118.0 (98.0; 140.0)

131.0 (111.0; 160.0)

127.5 (105.8148.3)

<0.001

High LDL-C levels

 

 Self-reported hyperlipidemia

347 (35.4)

145 (26.8)

173 (50.4)

29 (40.3)

<0.001

 LDL ≥ 115 mg/dl

604 (61.6)

304 (54.8)

251 (71.5)

61 (82.4)

<0.001

 Lipid-lowering agents

56 (5.7)

15 (2.7)

31 (8.8)

10 (13.5)

<0.001

 High LDL-C level despite medicationd

27 (48.2)

9 (60.0)

14 (45.2)

4 (40.0)

0.54

Physically inactive

224 (29.5)

137 (31.1)

75 (28.5)

12 (21.4)

0.30

Overweight

 

 BMIc (kg/m2)

25.5 (22.8; 28.8)

24.7 (22.1; 28.1)

26.2 (23.7; 29.4)

27.5 (24.7; 29.5)

<0.001

 BMI > 25 kg/m2

536 (55.1)

260 (47.1)

222 (64.0)

54 (73.0)

<0.001

 BMI > 25 kg/m2 despite physical activityd

294 (55.6)

145 (48.3)

116 (62.7)

33 (75.0)

<0.001

Current smoking

201 (20.5)

102 (18.4)

72 (20.5)

27 (36.5)

0.001

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