Characteristic | All | Female | Male |
---|---|---|---|
 | N = 238 | N = 122 | N = 116 |
 | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
Age (years) | Â | Â | Â |
 45–59 | 81 (34) | 36 (30) | 45 (39) |
 60–79 | 142 (60) | 79 (65) | 63 (54) |
 80 or older | 15 (6) | 7 (6) | 8 (7) |
Program language of choice | Â | Â | Â |
 English | 170 (71) | 82 (67) | 88 (76) |
 Gujarati | 41 (17) | 31 (25) | 10 (9) |
 Punjabi | 20 (8) | 2 (2) | 18 (16) |
 Dari | 4 (2) | 4 (3) | - |
 Hindi | 3 (1) | 3 (3) | - |
Reported history of CVD* | 24 (10) | 9 (7) | 15 (13) |
Reported history of stroke/TIA†| 5 (2) | 1 (1) | 4 (4) |
Parent or sibling with myocardial infarction or stroke before age 60 | 67 (28) | 37 (30) | 30 (26) |
Current smoker or quit within 3 months | 11 (5) | - | 11 (10) |
Reported history of hypercholesterolemia | 116 (49) | 54 (44) | 62 (54) |
Reported history of diabetes | 55 (23) | 28 (23) | 27 (23) |
Reported history of hypertension | 124 (52) | 70 (57) | 54 (47) |
Elevated systolic and/or diastolic blood pressure‡ | 86 (36) | 47 (39) | 39 (34) |
Controlled TC/HDL § | 99 (42) | 73 (60) | 26 (11) |
Estimated 10-year CVD risk | Â | Â | Â |
 low-moderate (<=20%) | 57 (24) | 50 (41) | 7 (6) |
 high (>20%) | 181 (76) | 72 (59) | 109 (94) |
 | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) |
 | range | range | range |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 129 (18.9) | 131 (18.8) | 127 (18.9) |
94-185 | 97-184 | 94-185 | |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 75 (10.4) | 74 (9.6) | 77 (11.1) |
50-116 | 53-96 | 50-116 | |
Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.41 (1.1) | 5.57 (1.2) | 5.25 (1.1) |
2.59-9.91 | 2.85-9.91 | 2.59-9.37 | |
HDL (mmol/L) | 1.12 (0.35) | 1.23 (0.33) | 0.99 (0.33) |
 | 0.39-2.06 | 0.47-2.06 | 0.39-2.03 |
 | median (IQR ¶ ) range | median (IQR ¶ ) range | median (IQR ¶ ) range |
TC/HDL | 4.7 (3.8-6.5) | 4.4 (3.5-5.4) | 5.3 (4.2-7.1) |
 | 2.4-16 | 6 2.4-14.0 | 2.5-16.7 |