Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Healthcare Workers: A Cross-Sectional Study at the Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal Hospital, Ghana
Table 3
Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors among health workers in Sefwi-Wiawso Municipal Hospital stratified by gender.
Parameter
Total
Female
Male
value
Total respondent
112 (100)
64 (57.14)
48 (42.86)
Obesity classification
Underweight
2 (1.79)
1 (1.56)
1 (2.08)
0.0481
Normal
53 (47.32)
25 (39.06)
28 (58.33)
Overweight
43 (38.39)
25 (39.06)
18 (37.50)
Obesity class one
11 (9.82)
10 (15.63)
1 (2.08)
Obesity class two
3 (2.68)
3 (4.69)
0 (0.00)
Obesity
14 (12.50)
13 (20.31)
1 (2.08)
0.0037
Atherogenic indices
Raised TCh
21 (18.75)
12 (18.75)
9 (18.75)
1
Raised TG
12 (10.71)
7 (10.94)
5 (10.42)
1
Raised VLDL
4 (3.57)
3 (4.69)
1 (2.03)
0.6339
Atherogenic scores
None
82 (73.21)
48 (75.00)
34 (70.83)
0.3706
One
25 (22.32)
12 (18.75)
13 (27.08)
Two
3 (2.68)
2 (3.13)
1 (2.08)
Three
2 (1.79)
2 (3.13)
0 (0.00)
Glycaemia classification
Normoglycaemic
101 (90.18)
58 (90.63)
43 (89.58)
0.2925
Prediabetic
6 (5.36)
2 (3.13)
4 (8.51)
Diabetes
5 (4.46)
4 (6.25)
1 (2.08)
Data are presented as the frequency with the corresponding percentage in parenthesis. is significant at 0.05. TCh: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, VLDL: very low-density lipoprotein, and FBS: fasting blood sugar.
