Table 1 Cardiovascular risk factors and social status variables by region
cardiovascular risk factors (means) | social status variables | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | BMI (kg/m2) | Diastolic blood pressure (mm/Hg) | Systolic blood pressure (mm/Hg) | Cholesterol (mg/dl) | Lower SES (in %) | Unemployment rate a | Ginis b | Gross-value added per inhabitant (DM), 1988 | Poverty rate | ||||||||
men | women | men | women | men | women | men | women | men | women | men | women | (both) | (both) | (both) | men | women | |
Region 1 | 850 | 880 | 26.1 | 25.7 | 82.5 | 80.3 | 136.6 | 134.2 | 231.1 | 233.7 | 20.4 | 37.3 | 5.90 | 0.20658 | 42,800 | 12.4 | 16.1 |
Region 2 | 831 | 955 | 26.2 | 25.5 | 85.0 | 81.5 | 134.1 | 129.5 | 240.5 | 238.0 | 15.9 | 24.9 | 3.08 | 0.20773 | 34,900 | 4.2 | 6.8 |
Region 3 | 893 | 999 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 79.4 | 75.6 | 129.7 | 124.8 | 229.2 | 229.0 | 24.1 | 37.8 | 3.12 | 0.21976 | 28,100 | 20.4 | 21.6 |
Region 4 | 316 | 345 | 26.8 | 25.7 | 85.6 | 81.8 | 138.6 | 135.1 | 230.1 | 230.1 | 15.5 | 29.0 | 3.18 | 0.21634 | 23,900 | 10.4 | 14.2 |
Region 5 | 910 | 959 | 26.1 | 25.2 | 86.3 | 81.3 | 135.8 | 129.8 | 232.4 | 233.0 | 11.9 | 22.2 | 2.84 | 0.22173 | 26,500 | 7.1 | 10.1 |
Region 6 | 778 | 929 | 25.7 | 24.7 | 85.2 | 80.4 | 134.7 | 128.3 | 232.8 | 234.5 | 10.8 | 20.2 | 2.11 | 0.22323 | 66,000 | 7.3 | 7.5 |
Region 7 | 656 | 719 | 26.9 | 26.3 | 86.6 | 82.1 | 137.7 | 131.2 | 236.5 | 234.9 | 15.7 | 38.7 | 2.84 | 0.21292 | 23,900 | 10.1 | 16.1 |
Overall | 5234 | 5786 | 26.3 | 25.5 | 84.1 | 80.2 | 134.9 | 129.8 | 233.4 | 233.5 | 16.5 | 29.8 | 3.31 | 0.21886 | 36,330 | 10.4 | 13.1 |