Research Article
Socioeconomic Impact on the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Wallonia, Belgium: A Population-Based Study
Table 5
Multivariable 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 | | 0.045 | | 0.57 | | 0.031 | | <0.0001 | | 0.45 | | 0.020 | | 0.016 | Primary | 1.77 | | 1.03 | | 2.41 | | 4.20 | | 1.73 | | 2.28 | | 1.83 | | (1.07–2.94) | | (0.61–1.72) | | (1.30–4.47) | | (2.25–7.85) | | (0.77–3.87) | | (1.33–3.20) | | (1.18–2.83) | | Secondary | 1.91 | | 1.10 | | 2.21 | | 3.80 | | 1.13 | | 1.93 | | 1.60 | | (1.17–3.12) | | (0.69–1.74) | | (1.24–4.00) | | (2.06–7.01) | | (0.47–2.72) | | (1.16–3.33) | | (1.08–2.39) | | Bachelor | 1.34 | | 0.84 | | 1.66 | | 2.51 | | 1.13 | | 1.59 | | 1.12 | | (0.82–2.20) | | (0.54–1.29) | | (0.91–3.02) | | (1.36–4.67) | | (0.47–2.74) | | (0.95–2.65) | | (0.75–1.66) | | University | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
| Subjective economic level | | 0.029 | | 0.99 | | 0.082 | | 0.045 | | 0.75 | | 0.017 | | 0.0001 | In need | 1.56 | | 1.00 | | 1.46 | | 1.54 | | 0.90 | | 1.57 | | 2.04 | | (1.05–2.33) | | (0.68–1.48) | | (0.95–2.23) | | (1.01–2.36) | | (0.46–1.76) | | (1.09–2.28) | | (1.42–2.93) | | Well off | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
| Objective economic level | | 0.29 | | 0.14 | | 0.12 | | 0.26 | | 0.31 | | 0.71 | | 0.33 | Low | 0.79 | | 1.42 | | 1.44 | | 1.30 | | 1.45 | | 1.08 | | 1.22 | | (0.50–1.23) | | (0.89–2.27) | | (0.92–2.27) | | (0.82–2.05) | | (0.71–2.98) | | (0.72–1.64) | | (0.82–1.82) | | High | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
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Low = below risk of poverty threshold; high = above risk of poverty threshold.
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