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Table 1 Factors associated with triglyceride among the hill tribe aged 30 years and over in univariate and multivariate analyses

From: Factors associated with hypertriglyceridemia among the hill tribe people aged 30 years and over, Thailand: a cross-sectional study

Factors

Total

n (%)

Triglyceride

OR

95%CI

p-value

AOR

95%CI

p-value

Abnormal

n (%)

Normal

n (%)

Total

2552 (100.0)

1064 (41.7)

1488 (58.3)

N/A

N/A

N/A

   

Sex

 Male

870 (34.1)

355 (33.4)

515 (34.6)

1.00

     

 Female

1682 (65.9)

709 (66.6)

973 (65.4)

1.06

0.90–1.25

0.513

   

Age (years)

 30–39

368 (14.4)

153 (14.4)

215 (14.4)

1.00

     

 40–49

619 (24.3)

279 (26.2)

340 (22.8)

1.15

0.89–1.50

0.284

   

 50–59

649 (25.4)

260 (24.4)

389 (26.1)

0.94

0.72–1.22

0.637

   

 60–69

578 (22.6)

229 (21.5)

349 (23.5)

0.92

0.71–1.20

0.550

   

 70–79

271 (10.6)

116 (10.9)

155 (10.4)

1.05

0.77–1.45

0.756

   

  ≥ 80

67 (2.6)

27 (2.5)

40 (2.7)

0.95

0.56–1.61

0.845

   

Tribe

 Akha

714 (28.0)

289 (27.2)

425 (28.6)

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Lahu

391 (15.3)

199 (18.7)

192 (12.9)

1.52

1.19–1.95

0.001*

1.62

1.25–2.01

< 0.001**

 Hmong

389 (15.2)

195 (18.3)

194 (13.0)

1.48

1.15–1.90

0.002*

1.63

1.23–2.16

0.001**

 Yao

368 (14.4)

130 (12.2)

238 (16.0)

0.83

0.62–1.04

0.100

0.89

0.67–1.20

0.455

 Karen

408 (16.0)

131 (12.3)

277 (18.6)

0.70

0.54–0.90

0.005*

0.81

0.60–1.08

0.154

 Lisu

282 (11.1)

120 (11.3)

162 (10.9)

1.09

0.82–1.44

0.548

1.20

0.88–1.63

0.243

Religion

 Buddhist

1383 (54.2)

554 (52.1)

829 (55.7)

1.00

     

 Christ and Muslim

1169 (45.8)

510 (47.9)

659 (44.3)

1.16

1.09–1.36

0.049*

   

Education

 No-education

1957 (76.7)

840 (78.9)

1117 (75.1)

1.00

     

 Primary school

365 (14.3)

140 (13.2)

225 (15.1)

0.83

0.66–1.04

0.105

   

 Secondary school

189 (7.4)

75 (7.0)

114 (7.7)

0.88

0.65–1.12

0.390

   

 High school and higher

41 (1.6)

9 (0.8)

32 (2.2)

0.37

0.18–0.79

0.010*

   

Occupation

 Unemployed

628 (24.6)

252 (23.7)

376 (25.3)

0.93

0.74–1.15

0.492

   

 Agriculturist

1243 (48.7)

526 (49.4)

717 (48.2)

1.01

0.84–1.22

0.892

   

 Other

681 (26.7)

286 (26.9)

395 (26.5)

1.00

     

Annual income (baht)

  ≤ 50,000

1816 (71.2)

769 (72.3)

1047 (70.4)

1.00

     

 50,001-100,000

527 (20.7)

211 (19.8)

316 (21.2)

0.91

0.75–1.12

0.344

   

  ≥ 100,001

209 (8.2)

84 (7.9)

125 (8.4)

0.92

0.68–1.23

0.550

   

Marital status

 Single

138 (5.4)

63 (5.9)

75 (5.0)

1.00

     

 Married

2039 (79.9)

856 (80.5)

1183 (79.5)

0.86

0.61–1.22

0.398

   

 Other

375 (14.7)

145 (13.6)

230 (15.5)

0.75

0.51–1.11

0.154

   

Stress (ST-5)

 Low

2076 (81.3)

867 (81.5)

1209 (81.3)

1.00

     

 Moderate

399 (15.6)

165 (15.5)

234 (15.7)

0.98

0.79–1.22

0.879

   

 High

77 (3.0)

32 (3.0)

45 (3.0)

0.99

0.63–1.57

0.971

   

Depression

 No

2245 (88.0)

937 (88.1)

1308 (87.9)

1.00

     

 Yes

307 (12.0)

127 (11.9)

180 (12.1)

1.01

0.77–1.30

0.902

   

Exercise

 No

1551 (60.8)

644 (60.5)

907 (61.0)

0.83

0.64–1.07

0.153

   

 Sometimes

719 (28.2)

290 (27.3)

429 (28.8)

0.79

0.60–1.04

0.097

   

 Regularly

282 (11.1)

130 (12.2)

152 (10.2)

1.00

     

Smoking

 No

1932 (75.7)

812 (76.3)

1120 (75.3)

1.00

     

 Yes

620 (24.3)

252 (23.7)

368 (24.7)

0.95

0.79–1.14

0.543

   

Alcohol drinking

 No

1955 (76.6)

820 (71.1)

1135 (76.3)

1.00

     

 Yes

597 (23.4)

244 (22.9)

353 (23.7)

0.96

0.79–1.15

0.642

   

Amount of salt use for cooking

 High

1193 (46.7)

474 (44.5)

719 (48.3)

1.20

     

 Moderate

1115 (43.7)

478 (44.9)

637 (42.8)

0.78

0.59–1.03

0.074

   

 Low

244 (9.6)

112 (10.5)

132 (8.9)

0.88

0.67–1.17

0.387

   

Amount of monosodium glutamate use for cooking

 High

1298 (50.9)

521 (49.0)

777 (52.2)

0.83

0.63–1.09

0.176

   

 Moderate

1006 (39.4)

432 (40.6)

574 (38.6)

0.93

0.70–1.23

0.605

   

 Low

248 (9.7)

111 (10.4)

137 (9.2)

1.00

     

Amount of cooking oil used for cooking

 High

862 (33.8)

333 (31.3)

529 (35.6)

0.73

0.58–0.91

0.006*

0.78

0.62–0.99

0.037**

 Moderate

1214 (47.6)

510 (47.9)

704 (47.3)

0.84

0.68–1.03

0.099

0.94

0.75–1.18

0.579

 Low

476 (18.7)

221 (20.8)

255 (17.1)

1.00

  

1.00

  

BMI

 Normal weight

1256 (42.2)

519 (48.8)

737 (49.5)

1.00

     

 Underweight

198 (7.8)

73 (6.9)

125 (8.4)

0.83

0.61–1.13

0.236

   

 Overweight

1098 (43.0)

472 (44.4)

626 (42.1)

1.07

0.91–1.26

0.414

   

Waist circumference

 Normal

1290 (50.5)

500 (47.0)

790 (53.1)

1.00

  

1.00

  

 Obesity

1262 (49.5)

564 (53.0)

698 (46.9)

1.28

1.09–1.50

0.002*

1.30

1.09–1.54

0.003**

  1. *Significance level at α = 0.05
  2. **Significance level at α = 0.05 after controlling for sex, age, religion, education, occupation, income and marital status