Research Article
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Patterns and Their Implications for Intervention Strategies in Vietnam
Table 1
General characteristics of the study population.
| | Characteristics | Women () | Men () |
| | Biological factors | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD |
| | Age (year) | 52.0 ± 14.3 | 53.7 ± 14.7 | | Weight (kg) | 49.6 ± 8.1 | 56.2 ± 9.4 | | Body mass index BMI (kg/m2) | 21.5 ± 3.1 | 21.5 ± 3.0 | | Waist circumference (cm) | 73.5 ± 7.5 | 75.9 ± 7.9 | | Waist-hip ratio | 0.85 ± 0.06 | 0.88 ± 0.06 | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 129.1 ± 23.0 | 135.0 ± 22.0 | | Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 77.3 ± 12.0 | 80.4 ± 12.4 | | Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.69 ± 0.99 | 4.65 ± 1.06 | | HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.32 ± 0.33 | 1.26 ± 0.34 | | LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 2.71 ± 0.73 | 2.59 ± 0.75 | | Triglyceride (mmol/L) | 1.80 ± 1.29 | 2.19 ± 1.82 | | Fasting glucosaemia (mmol/L) | 4.7 ± 1.2 | 5.0 ± 1.3 | | OGTT-2 h glucosaemia (mmol/L) | 6.8 ± 2.2 | 6.8 ± 3.0 |
| | Self-reported behavioural factors | % | % |
| | Current daily smoking | 4.3 | 54.1 | | Excessive alcohol intake | 1.1 | 24.1 | | Low fruit and vegetable diet | 38.1 | 44.3 | | High salt diet | 27.1 | 32.2 | | Physical inactivity | 11.5 | 13.7 | | Having stress | 25.3 | 22.2 |
| | Social factors | % | % |
| | Residence | | | | In rural area | 51.9 | 45.7 | | In urban area | 48.1 | 54.3 | | Education level | | | | Secondary school and below | 69.3 | 67.5 | | High school and above | 30.7 | 32.5 | | Occupation | | | | Government staff | 18.7 | 24.0 | | Manual workers | 60.5 | 64.7 | | Other | 20.8 | 11.3 |
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