Research Article
Socioeconomic Impact on the Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Wallonia, Belgium: A Population-Based Study
Table 3
Prevalence of CRFs by age category and gender in the NESCaV sample (
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| | CRFs | Age category (years) | valuea | valueb | | 20–29 | 30–49 | 50–69 | | (%) | (%) | (%) |
| | Hypertension | | | | | | | Total | 317 (31.2) | | | | | | Male | 21 (10.4) | 58 (13.4) | 115 (29.9) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | | Female | 5 (2.5) | 34 (7.74) | 84 (22.3) | | Dyslipidemia | | | | | | | Total | 653 (65.7) | | | | | | Male | 38 (19.8) | 153 (36.1) | 162 (43.1) | <0.0001 | <0.0001 | | Female | 34 (17.4) | 110 (25.5) | 156 (42.0) | | Global obesity | | | | | | | Total | 186 (18.3) | | | | | | Male | 13 (6.59) | 36 (8.34) | 48 (12.5) | <0.0001 | 0.41 | | Female | 9 (4.48) | 31 (7.01) | 49 (12.9) | | Abdominal obesity | | | | | | | Total | 234 (23.0) | | | | | | Male | 7 (3.47) | 32 (7.36) | 71 (18.5) | <0.0001 | 0.35 | | Female | 10 (4.96) | 37 (8.42) | 77 (20.3) | | Diabetes | | | | | | | Total | 65 (6.52) | | | | | | Male | 1 (0.50) | 8 (1.89) | 27 (7.21) | <0.0001 | 0.32 | | Female | 2 (0.99) | 10 (2.33) | 17 (4.53) | | Current smoking | | | | | | | Total | 253 (25.0) | | | | | | Male | 37 (18.8) | 56 (13.2) | 45 (11.9) | 0.001 | 0.048 | | Female | 32 (16.0) | 47 (10.5) | 36 (9.32) | | Physical inactivity | | | | | | | Total | 561 (55.2) | | | | | | Male | 39 (19.6) | 110 (25.4) | 114 (29.6) | 0.001 | 0.035 | | Female | 52 (26.0) | 127 (28.9) | 119 (31.5) |
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Age effect, bgender effect.
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