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Table 3 Prevalence of the lack of disease awareness in those with diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia by ethnicity

From: Prevalence, determinants and association of unawareness of diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia with poor disease control in a multi-ethnic Asian population without cardiovascular disease

 

Chinese

Malay

Indian

 

Disease

N

Prevalence (%)

N

Prevalence (%)

N

Prevalence (%)

P value

Diabetes

504

28.8 (25.0 to 32.9)

856

39.4 (36.2 to 42.7)

1020

24.4 (21.9 to 27.1)

< 0.001

Hypertension

1824

41.0 (38.7 to 43.2)

1953

47.7 (45.5 to 49.9)

1609

39.8 (37.5 to 42.3)

< 0.001

Hypercholesterolemia

1346

35.7 (33.1 to 38.3)

1072

56.2 (53.2 to 59.1)

1189

33.1 (30.4 to 35.8)

< 0.001

  1. Excluding those with CVD
  2. Number with disease and who provided valid responses (yes/no) to questions on disease status awareness
  3. Chi-squared test comparing proportions across ethnicities