Table 1 Socio-demographic, behavioral and biochemicals characteristics of the study subjects
Variables | Category | n (%) | Variables | Category | n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Female | 99 (41.8) | Marital status, n (%) | Single | 140 (59.1) |
Male | 138 (58.2) | Married | 94 (39.7) | ||
Age, years | mean (± SD) | 31.7 (10.9) | Divorced/widowed | 3 (1.3) | |
Age, years |  ≤ 20 | 42 (17.7) | Education, n (%) | Unable to read and write | 11 (4.6) |
21–30 | 95 (40.1) | Primary | 91 (38.4) | ||
31–40 | 58 (24.5) | Secondary | 54 (22.8) | ||
41–50 | 30 (12.7) | Certificate and above | 81 (34.2) | ||
 ≥ 51 | 12 (5.1) | Smoking, n (%) | No | 220 (92.8) | |
Disease duration since its diagnosis in years | Median (IQR) | 3 (2.0–5.0) | Yes | 17 (7.2) | |
|  |  ≤ 3 | 84 (35.4) | Alcohol, n (%) | No | 223 (94.1) |
4–6 | 122 (51.5) | Yes | 14 (5.9) | ||
 ≥ 7 | 31 (13.1) | Khat chewing, n (%) | No | 216 (91.1) | |
Religion, n (%) | Orthodox | 77 (32.5) | Yes | 21 (8.9) | |
Protestant | 129 (54.4) | TC, mg/dl | mean (± SD) | 168.2 (47.2) | |
Muslim | 25 (10.5) | TG, mg/dl | Median (IQR) | 111 (83–153) | |
Others | 6 (2.5) | FBS, mg/dl | mean (± SD) | 96.9 (26.7) | |
Ethnicity, n (%) | Sidama | 67 (28.3) | WC, cm | mean (± SD) | 81.7 (10.5) |
Wolayita | 29 (12.2) | SBP, mmHg | mean (± SD) | 119.7 (9.3) | |
Amhara | 49 (20.7) | DBP, mmHg | mean (± SD) | 78.6 (6.7) | |
Oromo | 41 (17.3) | HDL-c, mg/dl | mean (± SD) | 50 (17.7) | |
Others | 51 (21.5) | Non-HDL-TC | mean (± SD) | 117 (47.2) | |
Occupation | Employed | 54 (22.8) | TC/HDL-c ratio | mean (± SD) | 3.8 (1.8) |
Merchants | 16 (6.8) | TG/HDL-c ratio | Median (IQR) | 2.2 (1.5–3.7) | |
Farmers | 16 (6.8) | BMI, Kg/m2 | mean (± SD) | 22.9 (4.7) | |
Students | 54 (22.8) | BMI, Kg/m2 |  < 18.5 | 26 (11) | |
housewife | 28 (11.8) | 18.5–24.9 | 158 (66.7) | ||
Jobless | 69 (29.1) | 25–29.9 | 38 (16) | ||
Exercise (moderate-intensive), n (%) | No | 203 (85.7) |  ≥ 30 | 15 (6.3) | |
Yes | 34 (14.3) | Â | Â |