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Table 2 Pearson chi-square test for comparison of accumulation of CVD risk factors per group

From: Serum ferritin, an early marker of cardiovascular risk: a study in Chinese men of first-degree relatives with family history of type 2 diabetes

Variable

Abdominal obesity

n(%)

High blood pressure

n(%)

High blood glucose

n(%)

Dyslipidemia

n(%)

Cardiovascular risk factors for accumulation

n(%)

≥2 terms

≥3 terms

Group A

n = 59

25(42.4%)

12(20.3%)

22(37.3%)

4(6.8%)

26(44.1%)

13(22.0%)

Group B

n = 57

33(57.9%)

12(21.1%)

32(56.1%)

15(26.3%)

35(61.4%)

19(33.3%)

Group C

n = 60

25(41.7%)

12(20.0%)

19(31.7%)

9(15.0%)

29(48.3%)

11(18.3%)

Group D

n = 56

32(57.1%)

14(25.0%)

37(66.1%)

15(26.8%)

41(73.2%)

26(46.4%)

X 2

6.156

0.698

26.904

10.499

17.244

14.495

P

0.104

0.874

< 0.001

0.017

0.001

0.002