A community-based study of hypertension and cardio-metabolic syndrome in semi-urban and rural communities in Nigeria

Table 3 Prevalence of co-morbidities in non-hypertensive, hypertensive and general populations in the various communities

		MS	Hyperglycaemia (≥ 5.6 mmol/l)	Abdominal obesity	^$TC> >6.2 mmol	*TG ≥ >1.70 mmol	^#HDL
Rural	NHP	5.1	12.2	20.1	4.7	13.7	33.9
	HP	24.7	23.0	34.4	9.7	22.6	41.3
	GP	10	14.9	28.2	5.9	15.9	35.8
	ORs	6.12	2.15	1.49	2.18	1.83	1.37
	(95% CI)	(3.02 - 12.62)	(1.15 - 3.99)	(0.90 - 2.46)	(0.90 - 5.27)	1.01-3.32	(0.84 - 2.22)
	p-value	<0.001	0.014	0.12	0.79	0.043	0.20
Semi- urban
	NHP	8.8	9.6	35.2	5.7	23.1	33.8
	HP	34.7	20.7	57.1	10.8	33.4	27.7
	GP	18.0	13.6	43.7	7.5	26.7	31.7
	Ors (95% CI)	5.52 (3.94 - 7.74)	2.45 (1.69 - 3.57)	2.66 (2.07 - 3.45)	1.99 (1.26 - 3.16)	1.67 (1.26 - 2.21)	0.75 (0.57 - 0.99)
	p-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.003	<0.001	<0.043
Both communities	NHP	7.7	10.4	34.3	5.4	20.4	33.9
	HP	32.8	21.2	55.0	10.6	31.3	30.4
	GP	15.9	13.9	41.1	7.1	23.9	32.7
	Ors (95% CI)	5.82 (4.30 - 7.89)	2.32 (1.69 - 3.18)	2.35 (1.88 - 2.94)	2.06 (1.37 - 3.09)	1.78 (1.38 - 2.28)	0.85 (0.67 -1.09)
	p-value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.20

Key:^$- total cholesterol; *- triglyceride; ^# - 1.03 mmol/l in males & <1.3 mmol/l in females; NHP non-hypertensive population; HP- population with hypertension; GP- general population; *- p-value: significant

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