Research Article

A 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Patients with Severe Mental Illness at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital, Southwestern Uganda

Table 2

Globorisk predictors and 10-year risk of CVD of the participants.

Overall ()Male ()Female () value
(%) (%) (%)

Age, in years ()0.896
Smoking0.135
 No105 (84.00)39 (78.00)66 (88.00)
 Yes20 (16.00)11 (22.00)09 (12.00)
Diabetes mellitus0.523
 No108 (86.40)42 (84.00)66 (88.00)
 Yes17 (13.60)08 (16.00)09 (12.00)
Total cholesterol, mmol/l ()0.889
Average Globorisk score0.016
10-year Globorisk category0.031
 Low19 (15.20)05 (10.00)14 (18.67)
 Intermediate80 (64.00)29 (58.00)51 (68.00)
 High26 (20.80)16 (32.00)10 (13.33)

SD: standard deviation.