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Table 3 Detected prevalence of modifiable cardiovascular risk factors

From: Ischemic heart disease and primary care: identifying gender-related differences. An observational study

  WOMEN
(n = 641) 		MEN
(n = 1266) 		TOTAL
(n = 1907)
  % % N %
Hypertension * 70.8 57.1 1177 61.7
Dyslipemia 44.0 44.2 842 44.2
Smoker * 3.1 9 261 13.7
Obesity * 27.3 21.9 452 23.7
Diabetes Mellitus 36.8 32.4 646 33.9
  1. * Distributions of risk factors with a p-value < 0.01 in the chi-squared test between men and women.
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