Table 3

Age adjusted prevalence rates of major risk factors for cardiovascular disease by sex and ethnic subgroups

Risk factor		Men			Women
		Caribbeans			West Africans			Caribbeans			West Africans
		n	% (95% CI)		n	% (95% CI)		n	% (95% CI)		n	% (95% CI)
Hypertension	118	31.2		84	39.8		219	40.3		110	40.0
		23.6, 40.5			29.6, 50.5			34.0, 47.0			31.4, 49.8

Diabetes	88	13.3		64	20.9		153	18.7		83	10.5
		7.4, 22.6			11.7, 32.2			13.3, 26.1			5.2, 19.6

Obesity (BMI >27)		118	34.2		84	40.5		218	65.5		83	72.0
Obesity (BMI >27)			25.9, 43.2			30.7, 51.7			59.5, 71.9			64.4, 80.6

Obesity (BMI >30)		118	12.2		84	13.7		218	39.9		109	40.3
Obesity (BMI >30)			6.8, 19.1			7.8, 23.6			33.7, 46.7			31.7, 50.2

Cholesterol >5.2 mmol/l		109	55.1		82	58.3		189	59.8		102	56.2
Cholesterol >5.2 mmol/l			46.1, 64.6			48.4, 69.3			53.0, 66.8			46.7, 65.7

Cholesterol >6.5 mmol/l		109	20.5		82	12.4		189	20.9		102	24.3
Cholesterol >6.5 mmol/l			13.4, 28.9			6.2, 21.3			15.3, 27.1			16.9, 34.0

Smoking	118	29.0		81	4.1		215	12.6		106	3.2
		21.2, 37.9			0.8, 10.4			8.5, 17.7			0.6, 8.0

Men			Women
Hindus			Muslims			Hindus			Muslims
n	% (95% CI)		n	% (95% CI)		n	% (95% CI)		n	% (95% CI)
123	25.8		95	23.5		127	26.0		93	28.6
	18.8, 34.7			15.5, 32.9			18.9, 34.5			20.5, 39.4

107	26.3		77	23.9		97	18.8		70	21.7
	18.5, 35.6			14.9, 34.4			11.6, 27.7			12.9, 32.9

123	21.1		94	26.2		126	42.1		93	54.7
	14.5, 29.4			18.4, 36.7			33.9, 51.2			45.2, 65.2

123	6.6		94	8.9		126	15.6		93	24.3
	2.9, 12.4			3.8, 16.1			10.1, 23.4			16.7, 34.8

117	66.0		87	69.6		113	67.8		87	67.3
	57.6, 74.3			61.0, 79.5			59.9, 76.6			58.5, 77.4

117	20.3		87	23.2		113	20.5		87	12.2
	13.9, 29.0			15.0, 33.2			13.6, 29.0			6.6, 21.5

121	18.5		92	30.0		124	1.0 ^*		87	2.9
	12.0, 26.2			21.8, 40.9						0.7, 9.7

Results are numbers of observations (n), mean point estimate (%), and 95% confidence intervals (CI).
Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure ⩾160 and/or diastolic ⩾95 mm Hg or on drug treatment.
Diabetes is defined according to WHO criteria: fasting venous plasma blood glucose ⩾7.8 mmol/l or a venous plasma glucose 2 h after oral loading >11.1 mmol/l, or both.
BMI, body mass index (kg/m²).