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Table 3 Associations of sex and age with noncommunicable disease risk factors in a Peruvian shantytown, 2012

From: A community-based cluster randomized survey of noncommunicable disease and risk factors in a peri-urban shantytown in Lima, Peru

 

Overweight/obesitya

Obesityb

Abdominal obesityb (WHO definition)

Abdominal obesity (Peruvian data definition)

Hypertensionc

Current smoking

Binge drinkingd

Inadequate fruit and vegetable consumptiond

Multivariable OR

Multivariable OR

Multivariable OR

Multivariable OR

Multivariable OR

Multivariable OR

Multivariable OR

Multivariable OR

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

(95% CI)

Female

2.15

2.51

13.03**

7.41**

0.44

0.16**

0.07***

1.76

Gender

(0.80, 5.78)

(0.63, 10.05)

(2.76, 61.50)

(2.10, 26.20)

(0.18, 1.12)

(0.05, 0.55)

(0.02, 0.27)

(0.42, 7.29)

Age

1.01

1.00

1.04*

1.04*

1.06**

0.98

0.97

1.01

(Years)

(0.98, 1.05)

(0.97, 1.04)

(1.00, 1.07)

(1.01, 1.08)

(1.02, 1.10)

(0.96, 1.01)

(0.93, 1.01)

(0.96, 1.06)

  1. All models of associations of gender and risk factors are adjusted for continuous age.
  2. All models of associations of age and risk factors are adjusted for gender.
  3. aModel additionally adjusted for marital status, migration, and health insurance.
  4. bModel additionally adjusted for marital status.
  5. cModel additionally adjusted for household crowding.
  6. dModel additionally adjusted for improved sanitation.
  7. Significance codes: p < 0.001 ‘***’, p < 0.01 ‘**’, p < 0.05 ‘*’, p > 0.05 ‘’.