Research Article
Socioeconomic Impact on the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Wallonia, Belgium: A Population-Based Study
Table 4
Univariate association between socioeconomic factors and CRFs in the NESCaV sample stratified by age, gender, and district (
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| | Hypertension | Dyslipidemia | Global obesity | Abdominal obesity | Diabetes | Current smoking | Physical inactivity | | OR | value | OR | value | OR | value | OR | value | OR | value | OR | value | OR | value | | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) |
| Educational level | | 0.018 | | 0.17 | | 0.0003 | | <0.0001 | | 0.33 | | 0.0003 | | <0.0001 | Primary | 1.88 | | 1.30 | | 3.16 | | 5.05 | | 1.87 | | 2.85 | | 2.55 | | (1.19–2.96) | | (0.81–2.07) | | (1.81–5.51) | | (2.88–8.88) | | (0.85–4.11) | | (1.74–4.67) | | (1.72–3.79) | | Secondary | 1.86 | | 1.11 | | 2.35 | | 3.66 | | 1.31 | | 2.11 | | 1.77 | | (1.17–2.96) | | (0.72–1.70) | | (1.33–4.13) | | (2.06–6.51) | | (0.56–3.07) | | (1.30–3.42) | | (1.21–2.57) | | Bachelor | 1.35 | | 0.83 | | 1.66 | | 2.34 | | 1.14 | | 1.64 | | 1.12 | | (0.83–2.17) | | (0.54–1.27) | | (0.92–2.99) | | (1.29–4.23) | | (0.46–2.77) | | (1.00–2.70) | | (0.77–1.63) | | University | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
| Subjective economic level | | 0.004 | | 0.36 | | 0.0004 | | <0.0001 | | 0.66 | | 0.0001 | | <0.0001 | In need | 1.65 | | 1.18 | | 1.91 | | 2.07 | | 1.14 | | 1.89 | | 2.40 | | (1.18–2.32) | | (0.83–1.66) | | (1.34–2.74) | | (1.46–2.94) | | (0.63–2.06) | | (1.37–2.61) | | (1.75–3.31) | | Well off | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
| Objective economic level | | 0.83 | | 0.091 | | 0.0007 | | 0.0005 | | 0.14 | | 0.015 | | 0.0007 | Low | 1.05 | | 1.45 | | 2.00 | | 2.02 | | 1.61 | | 1.60 | | 1.86 | | (0.70–1.57) | | (0.94–2.23) | | (1.34–2.98) | | (1.36–2.99) | | (0.85–3.05) | | (1.09–2.33) | | (1.30–2.66) | | High | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
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Low = below risk of poverty threshold; high = above risk of poverty threshold.
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