Research Article
Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Low-Income Urban Dwellers in Metropolitan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Table 3
Determinants of the predicted ten-year cardiovascular disease risk (
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| | GLM based on BMI (Coef.) | GLM based on Lipid (Coef.) |
| Ethnicity | | | Malay | 0.17 (−1.36–1.71) | 0.15 (−1.37–1.68) | Education | | | None | 7.47 (3.99–10.95) | 6.85 (3.40–10.31) | Primary | 7.46 (4.53–10.39) | 6.82 (3.91–9.72) | Secondary | 3.27 (0.60–5.95) | 3.25 (0.60–5.91) | Income | | | MYR1 ≥ 1000 | −0.78 (−2.26–0.68) | −0.54 (−2.01–0.92) | Occupation | | | Inactive | 8.17 (6.44–9.90) | 7.59 (5.87–9.30) | House maker | −2.47 (−3.94–−1.00) | −2.74 (−4.20–−1.29) | Others | 8.25 (1.31–15.20) | 7.50 (0.61–14.39) | Self-employed | 3.35 (1.61–5.08) | 3.53 (1.81–5.26) | Marital status | | | Married | 3.92 (1.78–6.06) | 3.94 (1.82–6.06) | Divorced | 1.49 (−1.35–4.35) | 1.57 (−1.26–4.40) | Widow/widower | 3.59 (0.50–6.67) | 3.38 (0.32–6.45) | Constant | 2.82 (−0.86–6.51) | 2.54 (−1.11–6.20) |
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Note 1: non-Malay (ethnicity), tertiary level (education), MYR <1000 (income), paid-employee (occupation), and single (marital status) subcategories were excluded from the dummy variables as reference categories. Note 2: < 0.05, < 0.001.
1Malaysian Ringgit.
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