Table 5 Association between selected socio-economic characteristics and raised LDL-cholesterol
|  | Normal LDL-C | Raised | Total | χ2 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | LDL-C n (%) | n (%) | |||
Sex | |||||
 Male | 13 (27.1) | 35 (72.9) | 48 (100) |  |  |
 Female | 12 (21.1) | 45 (78.9) | 57 (100) | 0.521 | 0.31 |
Mother’s level of education | |||||
 No education | 1 (100) | 0 (0) | 1 (100) |  |  |
 Informal education | 6 (80.0) | 1 (20.0) | 7 (100) |  |  |
 Primary education | 3 (33.0) | 6 (67.0) | 9 (100) |  |  |
 Secondary education | 14 (78.0) | 4 (22.0) | 18 (100) | 21.74 | 0.008* |
 Some tertiary | 56 (80.0) | 14 (20.0) | 70 (100) |  |  |
Parents’ methods of obtaining water | |||||
 Pipe-borne | 77 (79.4) | 20 (20.6) |  |  |  |
 Well | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 7 (100) | 8.03 | 0.018* |
 Stream | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100) | 1 (100) |  |  |
Pocket money/income | |||||
 Not consistent | 13 (81.3) | 3 (18.8) | 16 (100) |  |  |
 N1000–N5000 ($3–15) | 7 (58.3) | 5 (41.7) | 12 (100) |  |  |
 N5001–N10000 ($15–31) | 17 (77.3) | 5 (22.7) | 22 (100) | 6.74 | 0.244 |
 N10001–N20000 (32–61) | 32 (76.2) | 10 (23.8) | 42 (100) |  |  |
 Above N20000 (> $61) | 11 (84.6) | 2 (15.4) | 13 (100) |  |  |