|
Socio-demographic
|
|
Age
|
67.4 (8.4)a
|
69.5 (8.8)
|
< 0.001
|
|
Education (%)
| | | |
|
High
|
40.2
|
30.3
|
< 0.001
|
|
Middle
|
43.8
|
46.7
|
0.222
|
|
Low
|
16.0
|
22.9
|
< 0.001
|
|
Classic CVD factors
| | | |
|
Smoking (%)
| | | |
|
Never
|
32.6
|
82.4
|
< 0.001
|
|
Former
|
40.6
|
10.4
|
< 0.001
|
|
Current
|
26.8
|
7.1
|
< 0.001
|
|
Obesity (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m2) (%)
|
28.6
|
46.6
|
< 0.001
|
|
Grade II hypertension (BP ≥ 160/100 mmHg)
|
30.5
|
24.3
|
< 0.01
|
|
Total cholesterol ≥ 6.2 mmol/L
|
28.7
|
51.1
|
< 0.001
|
|
Triglycerides (TG ≥ 2.3 mmol/L)
|
9.1
|
7.7
|
0.313
|
|
Inflammation
| | | |
|
Interleukin-6 (IL-6 ≥ 2.0 pg/L for females, ≥ 2.4 pg/L for males) (%)
|
20.2
|
19.8
|
0.821
|
|
C-reactive protein (CRP ≥ 3.0 mg/L) (%)
|
31.3
|
35.0
|
0.099
|
|
Reported CVD events
| | | |
|
Myocardial infarction (%)
|
15.1
|
5.8
|
< 0.001
|
|
Stroke (%)
|
9.5
|
5.9
|
< 0.01
|
