Characteristics | Total sample | Men | Women | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Age (years) | ||||||
 35–44 | 3312 | 22.2 | 1543 | 22.8 | 1769 | 21.8 |
 45–54 | 5867 | 39.4 | 2644 | 39.0 | 3223 | 39.7 |
 55–64 | 4157 | 27.9 | 1816 | 26.8 | 2341 | 28.8 |
 65–74 | 1557 | 10.5 | 769 | 11.4 | 788 | 9.7 |
Self-declared skin colour/race category | ||||||
 White | 7771 | 52.2 | 3589 | 53.0 | 4182 | 51.5 |
 Brown (‘pardo’) | 4197 | 28.2 | 2023 | 29.9 | 2174 | 26.8 |
 Black | 2394 | 16.1 | 940 | 13.9 | 1454 | 17.9 |
 Asian | 374 | 2.5 | 128 | 1.9 | 246 | 3.0 |
 Indigenous | 157 | 1.0 | 92 | 1.3 | 65 | 0.8 |
Educational level | ||||||
 Incomplete primary education | 876 | 5.9 | 551 | 8.2 | 325 | 4.0 |
 Complete primary education | 1019 | 6.8 | 570 | 8.4 | 449 | 5.5 |
 Complete high school | 5179 | 34.8 | 2250 | 33.2 | 2929 | 36.1 |
 University degree | 7819 | 52.5 | 3401 | 50.2 | 4418 | 54.4 |
Body mass index | ||||||
 Low/normal (BMI < 25 kg/m2) | 5494 | 36.9 | 2312 | 34.2 | 3182 | 39.2 |
 Overweight (25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m2) | 5995 | 40.3 | 3063 | 45.2 | 2932 | 36.1 |
 Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) | 3398 | 22.8 | 1394 | 20.6 | 2004 | 24.7 |
Metabolic syndromea | ||||||
 If WC defined by JIS for ethnic Central and South Americansb | 6960 | 46.7 | 3663 | 54.1 | 3297 | 40.6 |
 If WC defined by JIS for Caucasians/Europids or Sub-Saharan Africansc | 6587 | 44.2 | 3290 | 48.6 | 3297 | 40.6 |
Components of metabolic syndromea | ||||||
 Elevated WC | ||||||
  Defined for ethnic Central and South Americansb | 10,312 | 69.2 | 4518 | 66.7 | 5794 | 71.3 |
  Defined for Caucasians/Europids or Sub-Saharan Africansc | 9365 | 62.9 | 3571 | 52.7 | 5794 | 71.3 |
 Elevated fasting glucosed | 10,664 | 71.6 | 5525 | 81.6 | 5139 | 63.3 |
 Elevated blood pressuree | 7637 | 51.3 | 4040 | 59.7 | 3597 | 44.3 |
 Elevated triglyceridesf | 4705 | 31.6 | 2806 | 41.4 | 1899 | 23.4 |
Low HDL-Cg | 2807 | 18.8 | 1086 | 16.0 | 1721 | 21.2 |