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Table 2 Association of clinical and behavioral risk factors by sex in adolescents of a Shantytown in Lima, Peru

From: High prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in Peruvian adolescents living in a peri-urban shantytown: a cross-sectional study

 

Overweight/obesity

High blood pressure

Anemia

High cholesterol

Impaired FBG

Inadequate physical activity

 

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Male sex

1.08 (0.63, 1.85)

2.31** (1.34, 3.99)

0.65 (0.37, 1.12)

0.87 (0.53, 1.41)

1.96* (1.09, 3.52)

0.26* (0.10, 0.64)

 

Depression

Self-harm

Inadequate fruit intake

Inadequate vegetable intake

Tobacco use

Alcohol use

 

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Unadjusted OR, (95% CI)

Male sex

0.34*** (0.20, 0.58)

0.31*** (0.16, 0.57)

0.68 (0.41, 1.10)

1.13 (0.68, 1.88)

1.36 (0.70, 2.64)

1.04 (0.63, 1.73)

  1. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001