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Table 3 Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors

From: Anthropometric differences among natives of Abuja living in urban and rural communities: correlations with other cardiovascular risk factors

Variable

Rural (n = 332) (n/%)

Urban (n = 335) (n/%)

Statistics*

   
   

χ2

RR

95% CI

P-value

Hypertension

16 (4.8)

58 (17.3)

26.39

0.87

0.82-0.92

<0.001

Diabetes

3 (0.9)

9 (2.7)

3.0

0.33

0.09-1.23

0.083 (NS)

IFG

2 (0.6)

5 (1.5)

71.30

0.40

0.077-2.07

0.451 (NS)§

Overweight

60 (18.1)

164 (49.0)

46.64

0.62

0.55-0.70

<0.001

Obesity

9 (2.7)

61 (18.2)

2.78

0.84

0.79-0.88

<0.001

Dyslipidaemia

156 (47.0)

136 (40.6)

3.13

0.86

0.73-1.03

0.096 (NS)

  Cholesterol

15 (4.5)

7 (2.1)

9.14

2.23

0.898-5.54

0.077 (NS)

  Triglyceride

72 (21.8)

108 (32.1)

0.97

0.59

0.415-0.83

0.003

  LDL-C

11 (3.3)

7 (2.1)

0.041

1.62

0.619-4.22

0.323 (NS)

  HDL-C

88 (26.6)

87 (25.9)

21.83

1.04

0.734-1.46

0.839 (NS)

Alcohol

57 (17.2)

19 (5.7)

40.27

0.33

0.20-0.54

<0.001

Smoking

69 (20.8)

15 (4.5)

43.23

0.21

0.13-0.37

<0.001

  1. * comparing proportion of urban and rural dwellers in each group.
  2. RR-Relative risk, CI- confidence interval; IFG-Impaired fasting glucose, §-fisher’s exact p-value.
  3. NS-Not significant.