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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.