Research Article
Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Angolan Adults: A Descriptive Analysis from CardioBengo, a Community-Based Survey
Table 1
Characteristics of the participants and prevalence by sex.
| | | Total (n = 468) | Female (n = 326) | Male (n = 142) | | | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) |
| | Age (years) | | | | | 40-49 | 36.3 (32.1-40.8) | 35.0 (30.0-40.3) | 39.4 (31.7-47.6) | | 50-59 | 45.7 (41.2-50.2) | 47.9 (42.5-53.3) | 40.8 (33.1-49.0) | | ≥ 60 | 17.9 (14.7-21.6) | 17.2 (13.5-21.7) | 19.7 (14.0-27.0) | | Current smoking status | | | | | Non-smoker | 89.3 (86.2-91.8) | 92.6 (89.2-95.0) | 81.7 (74.5-87.2) | | Smoker | 10.7 (8.2-13.8) | 7.4 (5.0-10.8) | 18.3 (12.8-25.5) | | Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | | | | | 120-139 | 51.3 (46.8-55.8) | 47.5 (42.1-52.9) | 59.9 (51.7-67.6) | | 140-159 | 26.7 (22.9-30.9) | 26.7 (22.2-31.8) | 26.8 (20.2-34.6) | | 160-179 | 14.3 (11.4-17.8) | 16.6 (13.0-21.0) | 9.2 (5.5-15.1) | | ≥ 180 | 7.7 (5.6-10.4) | 9.2 (6.5-12.8) | 4.2 (1.9-8.9) | | Total blood cholesterol (mmol/l) | | | | | 4 | 55.6 (51.1-60.0) | 52.1 (46.7-57.5) | 63.4 (55.2-70.9) | | 5 | 27.1 (23.3-31.3) | 26.7 (22.2-31.8) | 28.2 (21.4-36.1) | | 6 | 13.0 (10.3-16.4) | 15.0 (11.5-19.3) | 8.5 (4.9-14.2) | | 7 | 4.3 (2.8-2.8) | 6.1 (4.0-9.2) | 0 | | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Diabetes | | | | | Absence | 81.0 (77.2-84.3) | 81.6 (77.0-85.4) | 79.6 (72.2-85.4) | | Presence | 19.0 (15.7-22.8) | 18.4 (14.6-23.0) | 20.4 (14.6-27.8) | | With SBP >140 mmHg and Diabetes | 9.8 (7.4-12.8) | 9.5 (6.8-13.2) | 10.6 (6.5-16.7) |
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