Prevalence of Hypertension, Obesity, Diabetes, and Metabolic Syndrome in Nepal
Table 7
Chi-squared significance for the independence, odds ratios and 95% confidence interval of age, gender and life style factors in the prevalence of metabolic syndrome.
Chi-squared independence Sig ()
Odds ratio (ORs)
95% confidence interval
ORs Sig ()
Gender
.066
1.403
1.115–1.766
.004*
Age
.001**
1.052
1.044–1.060
.001**
Education level
Higher secondary
.001**
1.348
0.951–1.910
.093
Secondary
0.990
0.691–1.419
.957
Primary
1.368
1.002–1.867
.049*
None
#
#
#
Work
Labour
.001**
1.101
0.676–1.796
.699
Office
0.945
0.594–1.503
.810
House
0.739
0.517–1.057
.098
None
#
#
#
Fruit/Veg in diet
Everyday
.585
0.725
0.199–2.638
.625
3–5 days/week
0.843
0.238–2.993
.792
Once a week
0.960
0.262–3.520
.951
None
#
#
#
Smoking
Current
.005**
0.968
0.651–1.439
.871
Former
0.870
0.584–1.295
.493
Never
#
#
#
Physical activity
>60 min/day
.001**
0.369
0.246–0.553
.001*
30–60 min/day
0.351
0.245–0.502
.001*
<30 min/day
0.337
0.236–0.479
.001*
None
#
#
#
**Correlation is significant at the .01 level (2 tailed).
*Correlation is significant at the .05 level (2 tailed). #The parameter is set to 0 because it is redundant.
