Table 4 Mean TG and prevalence of elevated TG according to personal and clinical attributes
Mean (± SD) | Elevated TG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
p value | No n (%) | Yes n (%) | p value | ||
Age groups (years) 30–39 40–49 50–59 ≥ 60 | 1.61 (± 1.05) 1.71 (± 1.07) 1.81 (± 1.07) 1.80 (± 0.96) | < 0.001** | 792 (70.2) 1995 (65.4) 1874 (59.4) 1617 (59.9) | 336 (29.8) 1056 (34.6) 1279 (40.6) 1082 (40.1) | < 0.001** |
Gender Male Female | 1.95 (± 1.14) 1.60 (± 0.93) | < 0.001** | 2319 (53.8) 3959 (69.2) | 1992 (46.2) 1761 (30.8) | < 0.001** |
Ethnicity Malay Chinese Indian Indigenous | 1.79 (± 1.05) 1.52 (± 1.01) 1.77 (± 1.12) 1.70 (± 0.98) | < 0.001** | 4427 (60.7) 730 (72.1) 173 (63.6) 948 (65.5) | 2871 (39.3) 283 (27.9) 99 (36.4) 500 (34.5) | < 0.001** |
Education attainment No formal education Primary Secondary Tertiary | 1.80 (± 0.99) 1.82 (± 1.02) 1.72 (± 1.01) 1.65 (± 1.12) | < 0.001** | 873 (60.0) 1487 (59.8) 2227 (64.0) 1147 (67.3) | 581 (40.0) 1000 (40.2) 1255 (36.0) 558 (32.7) | < 0.001** |
Location Urban Rural | 1.68 (± 1.04) 1.82 (± 1.04) | < 0.001** | 3298 (65.6) 2980 (59.6) | 1733 (34.5) 2020 (40.4) | < 0.001** |
Smoking status Non-smoker Previous smoker Current smoker | 1.68 (± 0.98) 1.84 (± 1.05) 2.08 (± 1.22) | < 0.001** | 4727 (65.8) 597 (57.0) 603 (49.3) | 2459 (34.2) 450 (43.0) 621 (50.7) | < 0.001** |
Diabetes mellitus No Yes | 1.67 (± 0.95) 2.23 (± 1.34) | < 0.001** | 5601 (65.9) 677 (44.2) | 2898 (34.1) 855 (55.8) | < 0.001** |
Hypertension No Yes | 1.63 (± 1.00) 1.89 (± 1.07) | < 0.001** | 3700 (68.8) 2578 (55.4) | 1675 (31.2) 2078 (44.6) | < 0.001** |
Body mass index Underweight Normal Overweight Obese | 1.33 (± 0.70) 1.49 (± 0.87) 1.76 (± 1.02) 1.97 (± 1.13) | < 0.001** | 307 (82.8) 1717 (75.1) 2271 (61.9) 1681 (52.3) | 64 (17.3) 570 (24.9) 1399 (38.1) 1531 (47.7) | < 0.001** |
Waist-hip ratio Normal Abdominal obesity | 1.50 (± 0.82) 2.00 (± 1.16) | < 0.001** | 3302 (74.6) 2321 (51.0) | 1123 (25.4) 2232 (49.0) | < 0.001** |