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Table 2 Prevalence of hypertension (HPN), hypercholesterolemia (HPC) and diabetes mellitus (DM) by socio-demography of respondents

From: Non-communicable diseases among low income adults in rural coastal communities in Eastern Sabah, Malaysia

Risk factors

Hypertension, N (row %)

Chi-square/p-value

Hypercholesterolemia, N (row %)

Chi-square/p-value

Diabetes Mellitus, N (row %)

Chi-square/p-value

HPN (n = 108)

Non-HPN (n = 222)

HPC (n = 140)

Non-HPC (n = 190)

DM (n = 24)

Non-DM (n = 306)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Sex

0.133/

Ìý

0.303/

Ìý

0.523/

 M±ð²Ô

42

(31.6)

91

(68.4)

0.715

54

(40.6)

79

(59.4)

0.582

8

(6.0)

125

(94.0)

0.524

 W´Ç³¾±ð²Ô

66

(33.5)

131

(66.5)

86

(43.7)

111

(56.3)

16

(8.1)

181

(91.9)

Age group (years)

32.226/

Ìý

21.754/

Ìý

13.058/

 19–29

9

(11.2)

71

(88.8)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

16

(20.0)

64

(80.0)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

0

(0.0)

80

(100.0)

0.001

 30–59

75

(35.5)

136

(64.5)

105

(49.8)

106

(50.2)

17

(8.1)

194

(91.9)

 â¶Ä‰â‰¥â€‰60

24

(61.5)

15

(38.5)

19

(48.7)

20

(51.3)

7

(17.9)

32

(82.1)

Educational level

32.218/

Ìý

34.319/

Ìý

5.237/

 No formal education

47

(56.6)

36

(43.4)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

56

(67.5)

27

(32.5)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

9

(10.8)

74

(89.2)

0.264

 Primary school

21

(32.3)

44

(67.7)

26

(40.0)

39

(60.0)

5

(7.7)

60

(92.3)

 Secondary school

37

(23.4)

121

(76.6)

52

(32.9)

106

(67.1)

10

(6.3)

148

(93.7)

 High School Certificate/Diploma

2

(12.5)

14

(87.5)

2

(12.5)

14

(87.5)

0

(0.0)

16

(100.0)

 Bachelor’s degree

1

(12.5)

7

(87.5)

4

(50.0)

4

(50.0)

0

(0.0)

8

(100.0)

Marital status

19.410/

Ìý

21.696/

Ìý

8.725/

â€ÇȾ±²Ô²µ±ô±ð

12

(15.6)

65

(84.4)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

18

(23.4)

59

(76.6)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

1

(1.3)

76

(98.7)

0.033

 M²¹°ù°ù¾±±ð»å

76

(35.2)

140

(64.8)

100

(46.3)

116

(53.7)

18

(8.3)

198

(91.7)

 D¾±±¹´Ç°ù³¦±ð»å/³§±ð±è²¹°ù²¹³Ù±ð»å

1

(50.0)

1

(50.0)

0

(0.0)

2

(100.0)

0

(0.0)

2

(100.0)

 W¾±»å´Ç·É/°Â¾±»å´Ç·É±ð°ù

19

(54.3)

16

(45.7)

22

(62.9)

13

(37.1)

5

(14.3)

30

(85.7)

Occupation

11.521/

Ìý

11.494/

Ìý

3.375/

 U²Ô±ð³¾±è±ô´Ç²â±ð»å

11

(17.5)

52

(82.5)

0.009

15

(23.8)

48

(76.2)

0.009

2

(3.2)

61

(96.8)

0.337

‽ö´Ç³Ü²õ±ð·É¾±´Ú±ð

56

(38.9)

88

(61.1)

70

(48.6)

74

(51.4)

12

(8.3)

132

(91.7)

â€Çȱð±ô´Ú-±ð³¾±è±ô´Ç²â±ð»å

31

(30.4)

71

(69.6)

46

(45.1)

56

(54.9)

6

(5.9)

96

(94.1)

 E³¾±è±ô´Ç²â±ð»å

10

(47.6)

11

(52.4)

9

(42.9)

12

(57.1)

1

(4.8)

20

(95.2)

Household income (RM/month)

0.450/

Ìý

0.837/

Ìý

0.095/

 Hardcore poor

78

(32.6)

161

(67.4)

0.799

101

(42.3)

138

(57.7)

0.658

18

(7.5)

221

(92.5)

0.954

 P´Ç´Ç°ù

14

(29.8)

33

(70.2)

18

(38.3)

29

(61.7)

3

(6.4)

44

(93.6)

 Above PLI

16

(36.4)

28

(63.6)

21

(47.7)

23

(52.3)

3

(12.5)

41

(93.2)

Household size (People)

0.035/

Ìý

0.724/

Ìý

0.360/

 1–5

43

(33.3)

86

(66.7)

0.851

51

(39.5)

78

(60.5)

0.395

8

(6.2)

121

(93.8)

0.666

 â¶Ä‰â‰¥â€‰6

65

(32.3)

136

(67.7)

89

(44.3)

112

(55.7)

16

(8.0)

185

(92.0)

Smoking status

0.043/ 0.836

Ìý

1.832/ 0.176

Ìý

1.372/ 0.334

â€Çȳ¾´Ç°ì±ð°ù

13

(34.2)

25

(65.8)

20

(52.9)

18

(47.4)

1

(2.6)

37

(97.4)

 N´Ç²Ô/·¡³æ-²õ³¾´Ç°ì±ð°ù

95

(32.5)

197

(67.5)

120

(41.1)

172

(58.9)

23

(7.9)

269

(92.1)