Research Article

Differences in the Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in Cardiology Outpatients in Mali: Comparison between Framingham Body Mass Index-Based Tool and Low-Information World Health Organization Chart

Table 1

Sociodemographic characteristics of the sample of 793 patients in the CVR assessment study.

VariablesN%

SexM28836.3
F50563.7

Age group (years)<40–4927835.1
50–5916921.3
60–6920325.6
≥7014318.0

Education level (school years)None45957.9
Primary15719.8
High school11114.0
University06608.3

Medical insuranceNo53767.7
Yes25632.3

Income level (in multiple of MOS)NA43554.9
110212.9
205707.2
308911.2
411013.9

Minimal obligatory salary. Means for age, BMI, and SBP were, respectively, 53.81 ± 16.729 years, 25.29 ± 06.151 kg/m2, and 139.49 ± 27.110 mm Hg (Table 2).