Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal Hospital, Ghana
Table 1
Haemodynamic, anthropometric, and dyslipidaemia atherogenic parameters of study population stratified by gender.
Parameter
Total 112 (100)
Female 64 (57.14)
Male 48 (42.86)
value
Age
32.1 ± 8.9
32.3 ± 9.9
31.92 ± 7.5
0.8462
Age range
22–30
68 (60.71)
43 (67.19)
25 (52.08)
0.0690
31–40
29 (25.89)
11 (17.19)
18 (37.50)
41–50
6 (5.36)
3 (4.69)
3 (6.25)
51–59
9 (8.04)
7 (10.94)
2 (4.17)
SBP
117.7 ± 14.5
117.2 ± 16.4
118.3 ± 11.7
0.6813
DBP
76.7 ± 9.8
76.6 ± 10.3
76.9 ± 9.3
0.8664
BMI
25.3 ± 4.1
26.4 ± 4.4
23.9 ± 3.3
0.0019
TCh
5.4 ± 1.1
5.6 ± 1.1
5.2 ± 1.2
0.0867
TG
0.8 (0.3–3.8)
0.8 (0.3–3.2)
0.9 (0.4–3.8)
0.292
VLDL
0.4 (0.2–1.7)
0.4 (0.2–1.4)
0.4 (0.2–1.7)
0.288
FBS
4.7 ± 1.2
4.8 ± 1.5
4.6 ± 0.7
0.4404
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation, median (minimum-maximum) or frequency (percentage). SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, BMI: body mass index, TCh: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, VLDL: very low-density lipoprotein, and FBS: fasting blood sugar. is significant at 0.05.
