The Prevalence and Awareness of Cardiovascular Diseases Risk Factors among the Lebanese Population: A Prospective Study Comparing Urban to Rural Populations

Table 2

Prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors among the study participants.

Risk factor	Urban	Rural	Total	value
	% ()	% ()	% ()
Smoking				0.232
Current smoker	39.3 (127)	43.3 (274)	42 (401)
Passive smoker	10.5 (34)	8.9 (56)	9.4 (90)
Ex-smoker	10.8 (35)	7.4 (47)	8.6 (82)
Never smoked	39.3 (127)	40.3 (255)	40 (382)
Alcohol ( of drinks)				0.0001
0	72.9 (237)	87.5 (568)	82.6 (805)
1	15.4 (50)	7.7 (50)	10.3 (100)
2	8.9 (29)	3.1 (20)	5 (49)
≥3	2.8 (9)	1.7 (11)	2.1 (20)
Diet
Fruit servings/day				0.122
None	19.8 (65)	16.1 (107)	17.3 (172)
1–3	70.5 (232)	76.5 (509)	74.5 (741)
≥4	9.7 (32)	7.4 (49)	8.1 (81)
Vegetables servings/day				0.016
None	9.4 (31)	8.3 (55)	8.7 (86)
1-2	57.1 (188)	63.4 (421)	61.3 (609)
3-4	9.1 (90)	17.4 (173)	26.5 (263)
≥5	6.1 (20)	2.3 (15)	3.5 (35)
Exercise at least 10 min
Vigorous/week				0.062
None	75.6 (248)	76.5 (507)	76.2 (755)
1–3	19.8 (65)	15.7 (104)	17.1 (169)
4–6	1.8 (6)	4.5 (30)	3.6 (36)
≥7	2.7 (9)	3.3 (22)	3.1 (31)
Moderate/week				0.014
None	20.9 (68)	20.1 (133)	20.3 (201)
1–3	29.4 (96)	23.1 (153)	25.2 (249)
4–6	20.2 (66)	17.5 (116)	18.4 (182)
≥7	29.4 (96)	39.4 (261)	36.1 (357)
Walk/week				0.001
None	12.2 (40)	15.9 (106)	14.7 (146)
1–3	10.4 (34)	17.7 (118)	15.3 (152)
4–6	12.2 (40)	14.1 (94)	13.5 (134)
≥7	65.2 (214)	52.3 (348)	56.5 (562)
Sitting hours/day				0.002
1–6	37.2 (122)	49.1 (325)	45.2 (447)
7–11	44.2 (145)	35.8 (237)	38.6 (382)
≥12	18.6 (61)	15.1 (100)	16.3 (161)
Overweight and obesity	77.3 (255)	75.2 (497)	75.9 (752)	0.468
Reported hypertension	38.5 (126)	25.4 (168)	29.8 (294)	0.001
Reported diabetes	25.4 (80)	21.4 (135)	22.8 (215)	0.173
Reported dyslipidemia	25 (70)	21.2 (113)	22.5 (183)	0.226

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