Prelevance of risk factors (as categorical variables) by educational level in men and women
| Educational level | p Value* | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Secondary | High | ||
| *p Value adjusted for age through logistic regression modelling; | ||||
| †BMI⩾25 kg/m2; | ||||
| ‡BMI⩾30 kg/m2; | ||||
| §self reported current smoking and/or carbon monoxide in breath>10 ppm; | ||||
| s¶self reported diabetes and/or fasting glucose⩾7 mmol/l; | ||||
| **systolic blood pressure⩾140 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure⩾90 mm Hg; | ||||
| ††total cholesterol⩾5 mmol/l; | ||||
| ‡‡HDL cholesterol<1 mmol/l. | ||||
| Men | ||||
| Overweight† | 81.8% (1258/1537) | 81.1% (1176/1450) | 77.3% (942/1218) | p = 0.006 |
| Obesity‡ | 32.8% (504/1537) | 28.3% (410/1450) | 25.2% (307/1218) | p<0.001 |
| Smoking§ | 26.1% (403/1544) | 21.8% (316/1452) | 17.8% (217/1219) | p<0.001 |
| Diabetes¶ | 30.6% (415/1354) | 24.4% (319/1307) | 19.9% (211/1058) | p<0.001 |
| High blood pressure** | 49.5% (762/1539) | 50.4% (732/1451) | 45.6% (556/1219) | p = 0.009 |
| High total cholesterol†† | 55.1% (825/1497) | 57.8% (773/1337) | 53.2% (611/1148) | p = 0.08 |
| Low HDL cholesterol‡‡ | 27.9% (417/1496) | 27.1% (362/1336) | 25.0% (287/1150) | p = 0.11 |
| Women | ||||
| Overweight† | 80.7% (530/657) | 76.4% (323/423) | 65.4% (140/214) | p<0.001 |
| Obesity‡ | 41.6% (273/657) | 37.4% (158/423) | 29.4% (63/214) | p = 0.006 |
| Smoking§ | 16.8% (111/660) | 19.5% (83/425) | 16.3% (35/215) | p = 0.43 |
| Diabetes¶ | 33.0% (186/564) | 28.5% (104/365) | 21.8% (39/179) | p = 0.03 |
| High blood pressure** | 59.2% (389/657) | 53.3% (226/424) | 51.9% (111/214) | p = 0.51 |
| High total cholesterol†† | 67.5% (416/616) | 66.9% (261/390) | 67.5% (137/203) | p = 0.98 |
| Low HDL cholesterol‡‡ | 11.9% (73/612) | 12.8% (50/390) | 10.0% (20/200) | p = 0.60 |