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Table 2 Prevalences (%), with prevalence and odds ratios of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, high total cholesterol, obesity and smoking status by survey, adults aged 25–64 years, males and females, Kalutara, Sri Lanka

From: Community intervention for cardiovascular disease risk factors in Kalutara, Sri Lanka

Risk Factor

Sex

First

Second

Second:First survey

P-value

  

Survey

Survey

Prevalence/Odds ratio

 

Hypertension

F

24.7

16.1

0.65 (0.51 – 0.84)

0.0002

   

Adjusted ORa

0.53 (0.40 – 0.70)

<.0001

   

Adjusted ORb

0.56 (0.42 – 0.75)

0.0002

 

M

21.1

16.6

0.79 (0.56 – 1.10)

0.1557

   

Adjusted ORa

0.75 (0.49 – 1.15)

0.1816

   

Adjusted ORb

0.63 (0.40 – 0.98)

0.0410

Diabetes

F

18.2

13.5

0.74 (0.53– 1.04)

0.0859

   

Adjusted ORa

0.71 (0.48 – 1.03)

0.0721

   

Adjusted ORb

0.70 (0.48 – 1.04)

0.0754

 

M

17.5

15.2

0.87 (0.55 – 1.38)

0.5380

   

Adjusted ORa

0.84 (0.48 – 1.46)

0.5264

   

Adjusted ORb

0.70 (0.40 – 1.23)

0.2112

High total cholesterol

F

21.5

15.2

0.71 (0.58 – 0.87)

0.0011

   

Adjusted ORa

0.62 (0.49 – 0.79)

0.0002

   

Adjusted ORb

0.65 (0.49 – 0.87)

0.0040

 

M

18.9

20.1

1.07 (0.79 – 1.45)

0.6740

   

Adjusted ORa

1.05 (0.73 – 1.51)

0.7880

   

Adjusted ORb

0.95 (0.65 – 1.39)

0.7782

Obesity

F

25.6

28.7

1.12 (0.95 – 1.32)

0.1744

   

Adjusted ORa

1.18 (0.96 – 1.46)

0.1220

   

Adjusted ORb

1.13 (0.89 – 1.44)

0.3015

 

M

11.3

14.4

1.27 (0.95 – 1.71)

0.1129

   

Adjusted ORa

1.35 (0.96 – 1.90)

0.0874

   

Adjusted ORb

1.19 (0.82 – 1.72)

0.3656

Current smoker

F

0.29

0.14

0.49 (0.04 – 5.56)

0.5410

   

Adjusted ORa

0.55 (0.05 – 5.56)

0.6109

   

Adjusted ORb

-

-

 

M

29.1

27.7

0.95 (0.71 – 1.27)

0.7301

   

Adjusted ORa

0.97 (0.64 – 1.47)

0.8891

   

Adjusted ORb

1.19 (0.84 – 1.69)

0.3172

Daily smoker

F

0.29

0.14

0.49 (0.04 – 5.56)

0.5410

   

Adjusted ORa

0.55 (0.05 – 5.56)

0.6109

   

Adjusted ORb

-

-

 

M

20.4

19.9

0.98 (0.65 – 1.47)

0.9146

   

Adjusted ORa

1.01 (0.60 – 1.70)

0.9725

   

Adjusted ORb

1.32 (0.79 – 2.21)

0.2865

  1. M = males; F= females. First survey 2014 (n= 412 M, 606 F); Second survey 2017 (n= 272 M, 613 F)
  2. Prevalence ratio adjusted for cluster sampling (by village/settlement)
  3. aOdds ratios (ORs) adjusted for age and cluster sampling
  4. bOdds ratios (ORs) adjusted for age, cluster sampling, income and education levels
  5. Hypertension: SBP\(\geqslant \)140 mmHg or DBP\(\geqslant \)90 mmHg or taking medication for high BP
  6. Diabetes/High FPG: Fasting plasma glucose\(\geqslant \)7 mmol/l or taking medication for T2DM
  7. High cholesterol: total cholesterol > 6.2 mmol/l or taking medication for high cholesterol
  8. Obesity: body mass index\(\geqslant \)27.5 kg/m 2
  9. Smoking: smoking tobacco – manufactured or hand-rolled cigarettes, cigars or pipe
  10. Bolded results: significant at p ≤0.05.
  11. Note: analyses exclude subjects who participated in both surveys (n=23)