Table 2 Proportion of participants with risk factors according to sex and region
From: Assessing cardiovascular risk in regional areas: the Healthy Hearts – Beyond City Limits program
Colac | East Gippsland | Geelong | Shepparton | All | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n = 548 (26%) | n = 552 (26%) | n = 520 (24%) | n = 505 (24%) | ||||||
Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | ||
n = 265 | n = 283 | n = 218 | n = 334 | n = 191 | n = 329 | n = 233 | n = 272 | ||
Socio-demographic risk factors: | |||||||||
Aged over 55 years | 123 (46%) | 149 (53%) | 146 (67%) | 207 (62%) | 144 (75%) | 241 (73%) | 144 (62%) | 178 (65%) | 1,332 (63%) |
Male gender (% of total cohort) | 265 (48%) | 218 (40%) | 191 (37%) | 233 (46%) | 907 (43%) | ||||
Risk factor profile: | |||||||||
Current smoking | 38 (14%) | 27 (10%) | 25 (12%) | 39 (12%) | 11 (6%) | 23 (7%) | 30 (13%) | 34 (13%) | 227 (11%) |
Hypertension | 179 (68%) | 158 (56%) | 155 (71%) | 178 (53%) | 113 (59%) | 149 (45%) | 161 (69%) | 157 (58%) | 1,250 (59%) |
Obese (BMI) | 59 (22%) | 71 (25%) | 49 (23%) | 90 (27%) | 37 (19%) | 84 (26%) | 109 (47%) | 96 (35%) | 595 (28%) |
Abdominal obesity | 92 (35%) | 118 (42%) | 69 (32%) | 173 (52%) | 68 (36%) | 170 (52%) | 125 (54%) | 137 (51%) | 952 (45%) |
Elevated total cholesterol | 199 (76%) | 192 (69%) | 147 (71%) | 210 (65%) | 111 (58%) | 194 (59%) | 148 (64%) | 157 (58%) | 1,358 (65%) |
Elevated LDL cholesterol | 194 (85%) | 190 (72%) | 143 (75%) | 191 (65%) | 119 (67%) | 189 (61%) | 129 (63%) | 147 (57%) | 1,302 (67%) |
Reduced HDL cholesterol | 86 (34%) | 33 (12%) | 60 (29%) | 36 (11%) | 80 (43%) | 39 (12%) | 75 (33%) | 27 (10%) | 436 (21%) |
Metabolic syndrome | 113 (43%) | 97 (34%) | 93 (43%) | 133 (40%) | 85 (45%) | 130 (40%) | 135 (58%) | 114 (42%) | 900 (42%) |
Increased alcohol consumption | — | — | 66 (30%) | 56 (17%) | 46 (24%) | 29 (9%) | 91 (39%) | 41 (15%) | 329 (21%) |
Physical inactivity | 66 (27%) | 91 (35%) | 34 (17%) | 99 (33%) | 45 (25%) | 82 (26%) | 60 (29%) | 83 (34%) | 560 (29%) |
Absolute CVD risk (primary & secondary): | |||||||||
Low risk | 65 (44%) | 136 (84%) | 68 (46%) | 195 (85%) | 62 (48%) | 209 (89%) | 74 (49%) | 158 (86%) | 967 (70%) |
Moderate risk | 49 (33%) | 19 (12%) | 48 (33%) | 28 (12%) | 46 (36%) | 24 (10%) | 47 (31%) | 22 (12%) | 283 (20%) |
High risk | 34 (23%) | 7 (4%) | 31 (21%) | 6 (3%) | 21 (16%) | 1 (1%) | 31 (20%) | 4 (2%) | 135 (10%) |
≥ 2 modifiable risk factors | 202 (76%) | 194 (69%) | 164 (75%) | 233 (70%) | 132 (69%) | 201 (61%) | 188 (81%) | 194 (71%) | 1,508 (71%) |
Family history of CVD | 55 (21%) | 68 (24%) | 49 (23%) | 103 (31%) | 75 (39%) | 125 (38%) | 87 (37%) | 111 (41%) | 673 (32%) |
Pre-existing CVD | 49 (19%) | 47 (17%) | 52 (24%) | 46 (14%) | 31 (16%) | 41 (13%) | 46 (20%) | 48 (18%) | 360 (17%) |
Type 2 diabetes/hyperglycaemia | 18 (7%) | 13 (5%) | 13 (6%) | 20 (6%) | 11 (6%) | 11 (3%) | 18 (8%) | 20 (7%) | 124 (6%) |
Potential depression | 42 (16%) | 56 (21%) | 30 (14%) | 83 (26%) | 45 (24%) | 108 (34%) | 73 (33%) | 77 (30%) | 514 (25%) |