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Table 2 Cardiovascular risk profile according to sex and age

From: Cardiovascular risk factors awareness and prevalence among primary care physicians: an insight from the West region Awareness Initiative Survey to fight cardiovascular disease (WAIT-CVD) in Cameroon

 

Overall (N = 65)

Sex

Age

Male (n = 45)

Female (n = 20)

p value

>35 years (n = 42)

<35 years (n = 23)

p value

Age

39.1 (8.9)

42.2 (7.4)

31.9 (8.1)

<0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

123.7 (12.5)

127.8 (12.1)

114.6 (7.9)

<0.001

127.8 (12.5)

115.2 (7.6)

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

79.4 (11.1)

80.4 (11.9)

79.3 (7.9)

0.002

81 (9.2)

76.4 (9.7)

0.177

Body mass index

26.9 (3.3)

27 (2.9)

26.6 (4.2)

0.660

27.6 (3.1)

25.7 (3.4)

0.092

Last blood pressure measurement (months)

1.00 (0.25–2.00)

1.00 (0.25–2.75)

1.00 (0.44–1.25)

0.596

1.00 (0.25–2.00)

1.80 (0.56–2.75)

0.779

Last glycaemia measurement (months)

3.00 (1.00–12.00)

2.50 (0.63–6.00)

6.50 (2.50–12.00)

0.549

3.00 (0.75–7.50)

3.00 (1.13–12.00)

0.532

Number of days/week of alcohol use

1.75 (0.50–3.00)

1.00 (0.50–3.00)

2.00 (0.50–2.75)

1.000

1.00 (0.50–3.00)

2.00 (1.00–2.50)

1.000

Number of units of alcohol/consumption per day

2.00 (1.00–2.00)

2.00 (1.00–2.00)

0.75 (0.20–1.00)

0.753

2.00 (1.00–2.00)

2.00 (0.30–2.50)

0.753

Number of days of physical exercise/week

2.00 (1.00–3.00)

2.00 (1.00–4.00)

1.50 (1.00–2.00)

0.650

2.00 (1.00–4.75)

1.00 (1.00–2.50)

0.815

  1. Data are expressed as mean (standard deviation) or median (interquartile range)