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Table 2 Cardiovascular disease risk factors among 180 medical students at MakCHS 2013

From: High prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular disease risk factors among medical students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda

Variables

Categories

Number (column percentages)

Year of study

Pre-clinical (159)

Clinical (21)

Overall (180)

No smoking

155 (97.5)

21 (100.0)

176 (97.8)

Taking alcohol

43 (27.0)

14 (66.7)

57 (31.7)

Salt intake

Little

28 (17.6)

3 (14.3)

31 (17.2)

Moderate

109 (68.6)

15 (71.4)

126 (70.0)

A lot

22 (13.8)

0 (00.0)

23 (12.8)

Body mass index

Normal

143 (89.9)

19 (90.5)

162 (90.0)

Abnormal

16 (10.1)

2 (9.5)

18 (10.0)

Random blood sugar

Normal

151 (95.0)

21 (100.0)

171 (95.0)

Elevated

8 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

9 (5.0)

Family history

Diabetes mellitus

9 (5.7)

4 (19.1)

13 (7.2)

Hypertension

18 (11.3)

4 (19.1)

22 (12.2)

Diabetes and hypertension

8 (5.0)

0 (0.0)

8 (4.4)

Others

12 (7.5)

2 (9.5)

14 (7.8)

None

112 (70.4)

11 (52.4)

123 (68.3)

No personal historya

154 (96.9)

19 (90.5)

4 (2.2)

  1. aPersonal history of cardiovascular disease