Figure 1. Body mass index of our sample: underweight (< 18.5 kg/m2), normal (18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2), overweight (25 - 29.9 kg/m2), obese class I (30 - 34.9 kg/m2), obese class II (35 - 39.9 kg/m2), and obese class III (≥ 40 kg/m2).
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Volume 8, Number 3, June 2017, pages 111-116
Prevalence of Undiagnosed Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adults Aged 20 - 40: A Cross-Sectional Study in 2016 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Tables
| No. | % | |
|---|---|---|
| SD: standard deviation; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; RBG: random blood glucose; BMI: body mass index. | ||
| Age (mean ± SD) | 31.6 ± 6.06 | |
| Total | 507 | 100% |
| Male | 387 | 76.3% |
| Female | 120 | 23.7% |
| Blood pressure | ||
| SBP/DBP < 140/90 mm Hg | 465 | 91.7% |
| SBP/DBP ≥ 140/90 mm Hg | 42 | 8.3% |
| Blood glucose | ||
| RBG < 200 mg/dL | 504 | 99.4% |
| RBG ≥ 200 mg/dL | 3 | 0.6% |
| BMI | ||
| Underweight ( < 18.5 kg/m2) | 19 | 3.7% |
| Normal (18.5 - 24.9 kg/m2) | 152 | 30% |
| Overweight (25 - 29.9 kg/m2) | 186 | 36.7% |
| Obese class I (30 - 34.9 kg/m2) | 99 | 19.5% |
| Obese class II (35 - 39.9 kg/m2) | 31 | 6.2% |
| Obese class III (≥ 40 kg/m2) | 20 | 3.9% |
| Smoking | ||
| Non-smoker | 315 | 62.1% |
| Smoker | 192 | 37.9% |
| Variable | Gender of participant | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male, N (% within gender) | Female, N (% within gender) | ||
| BP: blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index. *Obese includes obese class I, II, and III. | |||
| BP (mm Hg) | < 0.001 | ||
| SBP/DBP < 140/90 | 346 (89.4%) | 117 (99.2%) | |
| SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90 | 41 (10.6%) | 1 (0.8%) | |
| BMI | < 0.001 | ||
| Normal or underweight | 115 (29.7%) | 55 (46.6%) | |
| Overweight or obese* | 272 (70.3%) | 65 (53.4%) | |
| Smoking | < 0.001 | ||
| Non-smoker | 210 (54.4%) | 101 (86.3%) | |
| Current smoker | 176 (45.6%) | 16 (13.7%) | |