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

Table 5 Odds ratios (age and cluster adjusted, second/first survey), of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, high total cholesterol, by income and education levels, adults aged 25–64 years, males and females, Kalutara, Sri Lanka

Risk Factor	Sex	Education (yr)/	Odds ratio^a	P-value
		Income (LKR)	second/first
		level	survey
Hypertension^b	F	≤5 yr	0.49	0.1778
		6–10	0.47	0.0029
		> 10	0.63	0.0012
	M	≤5	0.54	0.5925
		6–10	0.55	0.0920
		> 10	0.79	0.3393
	F	≤20,000 LKR	0.44	<.0001
		20–30,000	0.59	0.0368
		> 30,000	0.77	0.2623
	M	≤20,000	0.35	0.0350
		20–30,000	0.75	0.3525
		> 30,000	0.79	0.5791
High Fasting	F	≤5	0.69	0.4278
Plasma Glucose^c		6–10	0.66	0.0732
		> 10	0.70	0.3130
	M	≤5	-	-
		6–10	0.83	0.6242
		> 10	0.82	0.5595
	F	≤20,000	1.05	0.7720
		20–30,000	0.61	0.1987
		> 30,000	0.48	0.0376
	M	≤20,000	0.97	0.9535
		20–30,000	0.65	0.2216
		> 30,000	0.69	0.3065
High Fasting	F	≤5	0.72	0.2973
Cholesterol^d		6–10	0.50	0.0039
		> 10	0.69	0.0816
	M	≤5	0.68	0.6042
		6–10	0.89	0.7118
		> 10	1.17	0.5358
	F	≤20,000	0.78	0.1723
		20–30,000	0.46	0.0097
		> 30,000	0.75	0.3796
	M	≤20,000	0.37	0.1895
		20–30,000	0.77	0.3794
		> 30,000	0.91	0.7752

M = males; F= females. First survey 2014 (n= 412 M, 606 F); Second survey 2017 (n= 272 M, 613 F)
^aOdds ratios (ORs) adjusted for age and cluster (village) sampling
^bHypertension: SBP\(\geqslant \)140 mmHg or DBP\(\geqslant \)90 mmHg or taking medication for high BP
^cDiabetes/High FPG: Fasting plasma glucose\(\geqslant \)7 mmol/l or taking medication for T2DM
^dHigh cholesterol: total cholesterol > 6.2 mmol/l or taking medication for high cholesterol
Note: analyses exclude subjects who participated in both surveys (n=23)

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