Cardiology Research and Practice / 2017 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
The Prevalence and Awareness of Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors among the Lebanese Population: A Prospective Study Comparing Urban to Rural Populations Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants.
Urban Rural Total value% ( ) % ( ) % ( ) 33.3 (333) 66.7 (667) 100 (1000) Age (M ± SD) 54.41 ± 8.47 55.05 ± 10.06 54.84 ± 15.12 0.321 BMI (M ± SD) 28.22 ± 4.42 28.19 ± 4.55 28.20 ± 4.50 0.926 BMI categorized 0.643 Underweight 0.6 (2) 0.8 (5) 0.7 (7) Normal 22.1 (73) 24.1 (159) 23.4 (232) Overweight 49.4 (163) 45.1 (298) 46.5 (461) Obese 27.9 (92) 30.1 (199) 29.4 (291) Gender 0.032 Male 55 (183) 47.7 (318) 50.1 (501) Female 45 (150) 52.3 (349) 49.9 (499) Educational level 0.0001 Illiterate 9.3 (31) 12.3 (82) 11.3 (113) School 55.7 (185) 67.8 (453) 63.9 (638) University 34.9 (116) 19.8 (132) 24.8 (248) Marital status 0.015 Single 8.4 (28) 7.8 (52) 8 (80) Married 77.7 (258) 84.3 (562) 82.1 (820) Divorced 9.3 (31) 4.5 (30) 6.1 (61) Widow 4.5 (15) 3.4 (23) 3.8 (38) Occupational status 0.0001 Employed 28.6 (95) 44.4 (295) 39.2 (390) Average income per month 0.0001 Low 19.6 (65) 27.8 (184) 25.0 (249) Medium 57.8 (192) 59 (391) 58.6 (583) High 22.6 (75) 13.3 (88) 16.4 (163) Heath care coverage 51.5 (171) 49.8 (330) 50.4 (501) 0.606 Unable to seek medical care 27.4 (91) 34.9 (230) 32.4 (321) 0.017 Family history of CVDs 44.8 (147) 41.8 (278) 42.8 (425) 0.367 Family history of hypertension 65.5 (216) 54.1 (357) 57.9 (573) 0.001 Family history of diabetes 61.2 (202) 56.6 (376) 58.1 (578) 0.168 Family history of dyslipidemia 45.9 (151) 44.4 (295) 44.9 (446) 0.661
M: mean; : number; SD: standard deviation.