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.