Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of the participants (n = 144)

Gender

Male

101 (70.1 %)

Female

43 (29.9 %)

Age in years

Mean ± SD

54.4 ± 11.7

Marital status

Married

113 (78.5 %)

Widowed

21 (14.6 %)

Separated/divorced

05 (3.5 %)

Never married

05 (3.5 %)

Religion

Islam

124 (86.1 %)

Hindu

19 (13.2 %)

Others

01 (0.7 %)

Employment status

Working full time

42 (29.2 %)

Working part-time

17 (11.8 %)

Unemployed or laid off and looking for work

07 (4.9 %)

Unemployed and not looking for work

18 (12.5 %)

Homemaker

34 (23.6 %)

Retired

21 (14.6 %)

Others

05 (3.5 %)

Smoking status

Non-smoker

78 (54.2 %)

Current smoker

39 (27.1 %)

Ever smoker

27 (18.8 %)

Concurrent history of hypertension

Yes

89 (61.8 %)

No

30 (20.8 %)

Don’t know

25 (17.4 %)

Concurrent history of dyslipidemia

Yes

48 (33.3 %)

No

35 (24.3 %)

Don’t know

61 (42.4 %)