Research Article
Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Middle-Aged and Elderly Population of a Nigerian Rural Community
Table 2
The prevalence of the risk factors by gender.
| | Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factor (%) | | | | Cardiovascular risk factor | Men () | Women () | (1)† | P value |
| | Hypertension | 124 (50.2) | 274 (44.8) | 1.821 | .177 | | Generalized Obesity* | 52 (21.1) | 205 (33.6) | 12.5 | .0004 | | Abdominal Obesity | 6 (2.4) | 260 (42.6) | 130.5 | <.0001 | | Dysglycaemia | 18 (7.3) | 20 (3.3) | 5.78 | .016 | | Hypercholesterolaemia | 6 (2.4) | 26 (4.3) | 1.165 | .183 |
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(*Comprises overweight and obese subjects. † Yates correction applied).
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