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Table 3 The characteristics and CVD risk factor profiles of the study population 25 to 74 years old

From: Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations

Dataset

Number

Female

Age (years)

Current smokers

Diabetes

Blood pressure treatment

Mean systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

Mean HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)

Mean Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

BMI

10-year CVD death risk >20% Non-laba

DHS[22]

9,379

60.2%

44.5

43.7%

3.85%b

8.8%

123.9

n/a

n/a

26.6

17.9%

Aggregate

14,772

61.0%

46.5

33.0%

6.0%

15.0%

133.9

50.8

206.5

26.9

19.9%

BRISK

644

55.4%

39.9

33.0%

4.0%b

9.0%

120.2

54.2

166.7

27.3

10.4%

CRIBSA

1,003

64.3%

43.7

27.0%

10.0%c

20.0%

126.3

45.3

170.7

30.1

20.6%

Mangaung

718

61.5%

46.6

35.0%

7.0%c

13.0%

141.9

52.6

195.1

27.3

23.1%

QwaQwa

782

68.6%

48.1

26.0%

6.0%c

12.0%

141.0

46.7

184.3

27.3

19.9%

AHA-FS urban

385

76.8%

44.5

22.0%

8.0%b

25.0%

135.8

46.6

162.3

27.7

12.1%

AHA-FS rural

512

70.1%

47.0

41.0%

10.0%b

51.0%

143.5

45.6

190.2

26.8

17.5%

PURE, Urban

903

58.9%

49.7

54.0%

2.0%b

10.0%

136.4

58.9

195.3

24.9

24.4%

PURE, Rural

933

65.2%

47.9

51.0%

1.0%b

6.0%

129.3

58.6

191.8

24.0

20.2%

KwaZulu-Natal

742

82.5%

49.0

15.0%

1.0%b

15.0%

128.1

48.0

160.7

26.1

14.9%

CRISIC

775

50.7%

44.0

55.0%

6.0%b

6.0%

134.1

57.5

230.8

26.2

13.6%

Mamre

695

57.3%

43.4

52.0%

6,0%c

47.0%

136.5

50.8

212.9

27.0

26.6%

KORIS

5,608

54.1%

47.0

27.0%

3.0%b

7.0%

135.1

49.6

230.2

26.6

15.4%

Phoenix

1,072

73.6%

47.6

25.0%

22.0%c

39.0%

131.8

50.0

214.7

28.4

14.0%

  1. aAge standardized against WHO Segi (‘world’) reference population (gender weighted for South African population); bSelf report; cGTT. See Table 2 for references. HDL high density lipoprotein.