Table 3 Prevalence of individual cardiovascular disease risk factors and risk factor clusters by sex and blood pressure categories in the Jamaica Lifestyle Survey 2000–2001.

4.8

(2.0–7.5)

8.6

(4.9–12.4)

19.5

(11.8–27.1)

< 0.001

19.7

(16.6–22.8)

39.0

(32.7–45.2)

45.4

(39.6–51.3)

< 0.001

19.2

(14.4–24.0)

31.2

(24.9–37.5)

53.3

(43.3–63.4)

< 0.001

48.4

(44.1–52.8)

71.3

(65.8–76.9)

79.1

(75.2–83.3)

< 0.001

6.3

(3.2–9.4)

13.7

(8.7–18.6)

34.6

(26.3–43.0)

< 0.001

42.4

(37.9–46.8)

66.9

(60.8–72.9)

81.1

(77.1–85.1)

< 0.001

2.6

(0.4–4.9)

4.7

(2.0–7.6)

16.2

(9.4–23.1)

< 0.001

42.1

(37.2–47.0)

60.4

(54.6–66.2)

78.1

(72.6–83.5)

< 0.001

5.6

(2.6–8.7)

13.7

(8.6–18.6)

21.4

(14.3–28.4)

< 0.001

11.4

(8.9–13.9)

21.5

(16.5–26.5)

27.7

(22.7–32.6)

< 0.001

2.2

(0.6–3.8)

4.3

(1.9–6.6)

19.0

(12.1–25.9)

< 0.001

2.4

(1.3–3.5)

7.2

(4.8–9.5)

22.4

(17.5–27.2)

< 0.001

31.7

(24.6–38.8)

28.8

(21.6–35.9)

19.8

(14.2–25.4)

0.004

8.0

(5.7–10.3)

6.8

(3.7–10.0)

5.9

(3.2–8.5)

0.033

18.7

(13.1–24.3)

20.8

(14.1–27.4)

28.3

(20.4–36.2)

0.007

52.0

(47.2–56.9)

46.2

(39.8–52.7)

53.4

(46.2–60.6)

0.181

Risk Factor Clustering²

Male

Female

Normal BP

%

(95% CI)

Pre-HTN

%

(95% CI)

HTN

%

(95% CI)

P-value

(trend)

Normal BP

%

(95% CI)

Pre-HTN

%

(95% CI)

HTN

%

(95% CI)

P-value

(trend)

54.1

(47.9–60.3)

45.6

(37.1–54.1)

19.6

(10.5–28.7)

< 0.001

48.4

(43.9–52.8)

22.6

(16.2–29.2)

6.7

(3.6–9.7)

< 0.001

33.1

(26.5–39.6)

28.0

(21.9–34.1)

29.1

(20.5–37.7)

0.225

33.6

(29.3–37.9)

40.9

(35.3–46.5)

26.1

(20.6–31.5)

< 0.001

11.0

(6.8–15.2)

19.6

(13.6–25.5)

30.4

(23.8–37.1)

< 0.001

13.8

(10.9–16.7)

25.8

(20.5–31.2)

32.9

(27.1–38.7)

< 0.001

1.8

(0.4–3.2)

6.8

(3.5–10.2)

20.9

(15.0–26.7)

< 0.001

4.2

(2.4–6.1)

10.6

(7.6–13.5)

34.3

(28.8–39.8)

< 0.001