| Variables |
Triglycerides
( ≥ 1.7 mmol/L) |
Hypertension
(systolic>130 mm Hg or diastolic >80 mm Hg) |
| |
Swedish |
Assyrian/Syrian |
|
Swedish
|
Assyrian/Syrian |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Mean |
2.1 (1.0) |
1.7 (1.0) |
|
136.2 (17.3)/
78.5 (11.3) |
137.0 (15.6)/
78.6 (9.1) |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Totals |
61.5a |
39.7 |
|
77.0 |
58.0 |
| Age |
|
|
|
|
|
| 32-59 |
56.0 |
37.0 |
|
76.3 |
47.5 |
| 60-69 |
67.0 |
38.5 |
|
69.5 |
62.0 |
| ≥70 |
62.0 |
47.1 |
|
84.1 |
71.1 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Sex |
|
|
|
|
|
| Women |
68.3 |
40.0 |
|
76.3 |
54.2 |
| Men |
56.5 |
39.5 |
|
77.2 |
61.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| BMI |
|
|
|
|
|
| Normal |
37.0 |
32.0 |
|
78.0 |
55.0 |
| Overweight |
65.2 |
45.2 |
|
80.3 |
52.0 |
| Obese |
66.1 |
39.0 |
|
75.0 |
61.2 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Abdominal obesity |
|
|
|
|
|
| Women (>88) |
68.4 |
41.0 |
|
75.0 |
54.4 |
| Men (>102) |
58.0 |
41.5 |
|
82.0 |
60.4 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Total physical activity (hours/week) |
|
|
|
|
|
| ≤ 2 |
70.2 |
45.4 |
|
78.1 |
58.0 |
| 3-5 |
57.0 |
32.0 |
|
76.3 |
57.0 |
| ≥ 6 |
43.0 |
33.3 |
|
75.0 |
67.0 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Alcohol consumption |
|
|
|
|
|
| High |
100.0 |
25.0 |
|
100.0 |
67.0 |
| Moderate |
61.2 |
33.3 |
|
78.5 |
56.3 |
| Never |
61.1 |
46.0 |
|
77.0 |
57.5 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Smoking |
|
|
|
|
|
| Daily smoker |
52.0 |
26.0 |
|
69.0 |
52.0 |
| Nonsmoker |
65.0 |
43.0 |
|
81.6 |
57.0 |
aBolt number indicate a statistically significant difference between Swedes and
Assyrians/Syrians |
