Table 3 Impact of living in rural or urban areas on CVH metrics
Parameter | GLM | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Parameters | B (SE) | p value | |
Physical activity | Rural (vs urban) | − 7.60 (1.87) | < 0.01 |
|  | Male sex (vs female) | 18.57 (1.84) | < 0.01 |
|  | Age (years) | − 1.18 (0.78) | 0.127 |
BMI | Rural (vs urban) | − 0.30 (1.60) | 0.058 |
| Â | Male sex (vs female) | 1.14 (1.58) | 0.472 |
|  | Age (years) | 0.48 (0.07) | < 0.01 |
Systolic BP | Rural (vs urban) | − 0.43 (0.49) | 0.376 |
|  | Male sex (vs female) | 9.71 (0.48) | < 0.01 |
|  | Age (years) | 0.63 (0.20) | < 0.01 |
Total cholesterol | Rural (vs urban) | 1.39 (1.32) | 0.292 |
|  | Male sex (vs female) | − 19.17 (1.29) | < 0.01 |
|  | Age (years) | 1.72 (0.55) | < 0.01 |
Fasting blood glucose | In rural (vs urban) | − 0.32 (0.43) | 0.460 |
|  | Male sex (vs female) | 4.55 (0.43) | < 0.01 |
|  | Age (years) | − 0.45 (0.18) | 0.012 |