The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Employees in the Kingdom of Bahrain between October 2010 and March 2011: A Cross-Sectional Study from a Workplace Health Campaign
Table 4
Comparison of some risk factors between genders among the participants.
Number
Variable
Male number (%)/Mean (SD)
Female number (%)
Total/(95% CI)
value
1
Tobacco use
162 (89)
20 (10.99)
182 (100)
0.001*
2
BMI
Mean 29.1 (5.3)
Mean 29.3 (5.98)
The mean BMI was 0.17 kg/m2 higher among females 0.2 (−0.8 to 0.49)
<0.6**
3
Physical inactivity
219 (47.6)
241 (52.4)
460 (100)
0.001*
4
Systolic blood pressure (sbp)
127.4 (17.1)
118.1 (17.1)
The mean sbp was 9.2 mmHg higher among males 9.2 (7.2 to 11.2)
<0.001**
5
Diastolic blood pressure (dbp)
80.9 (11.1)
74.3 (11.5)
The results show the mean dbp was 6.6 mmHg higher among the males 6.6 (5.3 to 7.9)
<0.001**
6
High density lipoprotein (hdl)
0.98 (0.41)
1.3 (0.4)
The mean high density lipoprotein was 0.3 mmol/L higher among the females 0.32 (−0.3 to −0.23)
<0.001**
The Chi-square test was used. The unpaired -test was used.
