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Table 8 Classification of participants’ characteristics by biomarkers

From: Prevalence and factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension among the hill tribe elderly populations in northern Thailand

Factors

Uric acid

χ2

p-value

Cholesterol

χ2

p-value

Triglyceride

χ2

p-value

Normal n (%)

High n (%)

Normal n (%)

High n (%)

Normal n (%)

High n (%)

Sex

 Male

246 (64.4)

136 (35.6)

38.63

<0.001*

286 (74.9)

96 (25.1)

14.28

<0.001*

309 (80.9)

73 (19.1)

2.44

0.118

 Female

329 (83.9)

63 (16.1)

  

244 (67.4)

148 (32.6)

  

299 (76.3)

93 (23.7)

  

Age (years)

 60-69

311 (77.9)

88 (22.1)

6.04

0.049*

261 (65.4)

138 (34.6)

4.45

0.108*

303 (75.9)

96 (24.1)

6.58

0.037*

 70-79

197 (71.1)

80 (28.9)

  

195 (78.9)

82 (21.1)

  

219 (79.1)

58 (20.9)

  

 ≥ 80

67 (68.4)

31 (31.6)

  

74 (78.7)

24 (21.3)

  

86 (87.8)

12 (12.2)

  

Tribe

 Akha

101 (78.3)

28 (21.7)

20.19

0.018*

95 (73.6)

34 (26.4)

17.05

0.004*

99 (76.7)

30 (23.3)

8.86

0.114

 Lahu

113 (85.0)

20 (15.0)

  

100 (75.2)

33 (24.8)

  

96 (72.2)

37 (27.8)

  

 Hmong

81 (64.3)

45 (35.7)

  

93 (73.8)

33 (26.2)

  

100 (79.4)

26 (20.6)

  

 Yao

96 (74.4)

33 (25.6)

  

82 (90.0)

47 (9.1)

  

98 (75.9)

31 (24.1)

  

 Karen

99 (76.7)

30 (23.3)

  

72 (55.8)

57 (44.2)

  

111 (86.0)

18 (14.0)

  

 Lisu

85 (66.4)

43 (33.6)

  

88 (68.8)

40 (31.2)

  

104 (81.3)

24 (18.7)

  
  1. *Significance level at α=0.05