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Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics (N = 10,482)

From: High prevalence of dyslipidaemia subtypes and their associated personal and clinical attributes in Malaysian adults: the REDISCOVER study

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics

Age (years) (± SD)

52.7 (± 11.1)

Age groups (years) (n,%)

30–39

1207 (11.5)

40–49

3196 (30.5)

50–59

3277 (31.3)

 ≥ 60

2802 (26.7)

Gender (n,%)

Male

4538 (43.3)

Female

5944 (56.7)

Ethnicity (n,%)

Malay

7642 (72.9)

Chinese

1049 (10.0)

Indian

276 (2.6)

Indigenous

1515 (14.5)

Education attainment (ni,%)

No formal education

1499 (15.8)

Primary school

2589 (27.3)

Secondary school

3628 (38.3)

Tertiary

1762 (18.6)

Location (n,%)

Urban

5262 (50.2)

Rural

5220 (49.8)

Smoking status (nii,%)

Non-smoker

7431 (75.7)

Ex-smoker

1080 (11.0)

Current smoker

1307 (13.3)

Diabetes mellitus (n,%)

No

8902 (84.9)

Yes

1580 (15.1)

Hypertension (n,%)

No

5663 (54.0)

Yes

4819 (46.0)

Self-reported cardiovascular disease (n,%)

No

10,039 (95.8)

Yes

443 (4.2)

Body mass index (kg/m2) (niv,%)

Underweight (< 18.5)

385 (3.9)

Normal (< 22.9)

2377 (24.0)

Overweight (23–27.4)

3814 (38.5)

Obese (> 27.4)

3326 (33.6)

Waist-hip ratio (nV,%)

Normal

4303 (43.7)

Abdominal obesity (Male ≥ 0.90; female ≥ 0.85)

5539 (56.3)

  1. ni,ii,iii,iv,v are not equal to 10,482 due to missing values
  2. Missing values: i 1004, ii 664, iii 689, iv 580, v 640