Research Article
Community Based Assessment of Biochemical Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Diseases in Rural and Tribal Area of Himalayan Region, India
Table 2
Age and sex distribution of body mass index (BMI) in rural and tribal area of a Himalayan state, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2010.
| | Age group | Rural N (%) | Tribal N (%) | Obesity (BMI > 27.5 kg/m2) | Overweight (BMI > 23.0 kg/m2) | | Rural (%) | Tribal (%) | value | Rural (%) | Tribal (%) | value |
| | <35 | 38 (25.3) | 75 (40.8) | 13.0 | 6.1 | 0.42* | 59.2 | 19.2 | 0.00 | | 36–50 | 41 (27.3) | 51 (27.8) | 11.8 | 16.9 | 0.46 | 60.6 | 43.1 | 0.08 | | 51–65 | 35 (23.3) | 36 (19.5) | 3.7 | 4.9 | 0.98* | 38.5 | 16.0 | 0.05 | | >65 | 36 (24.1) | 22 (11.9) | 3.1 | 1.9 | 0.10* | 20.3 | 5.6 | 0.22* | | Subtotal (Male) | 150 (100) | 184 (100) | 9.3 | 7.4 | 0.57 | 49.8 | 21.1 | 0.00 |
| | <35 | 119 (39.6) | 119 (44.7) | 0.4 | 17.2 | 0.00 | 7.1 | 28.0 | 0.00 | | 36–50 | 64 (21.4) | 77 (28.9) | 1.5 | 21.3 | 0.00 | 10.6 | 37.2 | 0.00 | | 51–65 | 89 (29.6) | 46 (17.3) | 2.8 | 19.0 | 0.00 | 10.2 | 35.7 | 0.00 | | >65 | 28 (9.4) | 24 (9.1) | 0.0 | 12.9 | 0.00 | 2.2 | 25.8 | 0.06* | | Subtotal (Female) | 300 (100) | 266 (100) | 1.4 | 18.0 | 0.00 | 8.5 | 31.9 | 0.00 |
| | <35 | 157 (34.8) | 194 (43.1) | 6.1 | 12.9 | 0.04 | 30.6 | 24.6 | 0.22 | | 36–50 | 105 (23.3) | 128 (28.4) | 6.6 | 19.5 | 0.00 | 35.1 | 39.6 | 0.47 | | 51–65 | 124 (27.5) | 82 (18.2) | 3.1 | 13.5 | 0.00 | 21.0 | 28.0 | 0.24 | | >65 | 64 (14.2) | 46 (10.2) | 1.8 | 7.8 | 0.91* | 12.7 | 16.4 | 0.47 |
| | Total | 450 (100) | 450 (100) | 5.0 | 13.7 | 0.00 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 0.94 |
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Yate’s corrected chi-square test.
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