Research Article
Prevalence of Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome in Nepal
Table 4
Demographic details and prevalence of metabolic syndrome and other risks.
| | | Disease prevalence in participant category | | | | Obesity/overweight | Diabetes | Hypertension | MS—NCEP criteria | MS—IDF criteria |
| Gender | Male | 59.1% | 8.1% | 40.7% | 18.6% | 17.1% | /5327 | /5326 | /5327 | /805 | /805 | Female | 61.8% | 5.3% | 30.0% | 21.9% | 25.7% | /8680 | /8682 | /8679 | /1386 | /1386 |
| Age group | 20–40 Years | 55.5% | 1.9% | 19.6% | 9.8% | 13.1% | /7727 | /7519 | /726 | /1124 | /1124 | 41–60 Years | 70.5% | 10.2% | 46.1% | 31.4% | 34.7% | /4880 | /4727 | /4880 | /815 | /815 | 61–80 Years | 56.7% | 15.4% | 62% | 34.8% | 25.1% | /1716 | /1664 | /1726 | /247 | /247 | 80–100 Years | 48% | 12.2% | 64% | 40% | 40% | /100 | /98 | /100 | /5 | /5 |
| Level of education | Higher Secondary | 59.9% | 5.1% | 27.2% | 13.3% | 15.8% | /4634 | 238/4634 | /4633 | /880 | 139/880 | Secondary | 64.1% | 5.3% | 27.8% | 19.2% | 22.2% | /3098 | /3079 | /3078 | /360 | 80/360 | Primary | 63.9% | 8.3% | 38.3% | 22.7% | 25.5% | /2092 | /2092 | /2092 | 90/396 | 101/396 | None | 57.6% | 7.5% | 44.0% | 32.1% | 31.4% | /4197 | /4197 | /4197 | /555 | 174/555 |
| Work category | Labour | 56.5% | 5.3% | 35.4% | 17.9% | 17% | /1797 | /1997 | /1797 | /224 | /224 | Office | 69.3% | 7.8% | 34.7% | 16% | 21.5% | /2089 | /2090 | /2089 | /362 | /362 | House | 69.3% | 6.3% | 34% | 23.9% | 25.1% | /2089 | /7976 | /7975 | /1269 | /1269 | None | 50.2% | 5.8% | 32.6% | 15.8% | 17.5% | /2118 | /2118 | /2118 | /336 | /336 |
| Physical activity | >60 min/day | 62% | 5.2% | 29.6% | 22.3% | 24.2% | /5188 | /5190 | /5187 | /355 | /355 | 30–60 min/day | 62.8% | 8.2% | 37.6% | 23.6% | 25.0% | /3543 | /3542 | /3543 | /653 | /653 | <30 min/day | 59.1% | 6.9% | 36.9% | 25.4% | 26.3% | /3053 | /3053 | /3053 | /674 | /674 | None | 56.7% | 5.1% | 34.8% | 9.8% | 13.4% | /3053 | /2215 | /2215 | /509 | /509 |
| Fruits and vegetable in diet | Every day | 61.0% | 7.4% | 32.2% | 23.2% | 23.5% | /4401 | /4403 | /4400 | /293 | /293 | 3–5 days/week | 61.3% | 5.8% | 34.0% | 20.3% | 23.6% | /7842 | /7841 | /7842 | /1604 | /1604 | Once/week | 58.1% | 6.0% | 38.3% | 21.0% | 16.9% | /1630 | /1630 | /1630 | /272 | /272 | None | 51.5% | 11.9% | 41.0% | 13.6% | 4.5% | /134 | /134 | /134 | /22 | /22 |
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