Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Population of a Nigerian Rural Community

Table 1

Characteristics of the population.

Variable	Overall (𝑛=858)	Men (𝑛=247)	Women (𝑛=611)	P value*
Age (yrs)	59.8 (9.9)	62.6 (9.2)	58.7 (9.9)	<.0001
Height (m)	1.56 (0.08)	1.62 (0.07)	1.54 (0.06)	<.0001
Weight (kg)	56.7 (13.2)	57.6 (11.3)	56.3 (13.9)	.177
Body mass index (Kg/m^2)	23.2 (5.0)	21.9 (3.8)	23.7 (5.3)	<.0001
Waist circumference (cm)	84.6 (12.7)	83.1 (9.5)	85.3 (13.7)	.025
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	137.1 (25.7)	138.4 (24.1)	136.6 (26.3)	.347
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80.4 (15.6)	80.9 (15.7)	80.2 (15.5)	.532
Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L)	4.64 (1.7)	4.76 (2.2)	4.59 (1.4)	.262
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)^†	4.59 (0.9)	4.41 (0.9)	4.65 (0.8)	.003

^†(The sample sizes of the overall, men, and women groups for total cholesterol estimation were 593, 137, and 456 subjects, resp. The rest were returned as low values (i.e., <3.88 mmol/L) based on the measuring range of the machine). *P value between men and women.