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Table 1 Sociodemographic and stroke risk factors among respondents

From: Public and outpatients’ awareness of calling emergency medical services immediately by acute stroke in an upper middle-income country: a cross-sectional questionnaire study in greater Gaborone, Botswana

 

Total

Public

Outpatients

 

n = 2808

n = 2013

n = 795

p

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Sociodemographic factors

Gender

  Female

1559(55.5)

1097(54.5)

462(58.1)

0.416

  Male

1249(44.5)

916(45.5)

333(41.9)

0.356

Age category (years)

missing 6

missing 5

missing 1

 

  18–34

1501(53.6)

1118(55.7)

383(48.2)

0.082

  35–49

842(30.0)

588(29.3)

254(32.0)

0.409

   > 50

459(16.4)

302(15.0)

157(19.8)

0.055

Education level

  Primary, unknown, none

367(13.1)

252(12.5)

115(14.5)

0.371

  Secondary

1518(54.1)

1113(55.3)

405(50.9)

0.314

  Tertiary

923(32.9)

648(32.2)

275(34.6)

0.483

Medical insurance

  Yes

420(15.0)

0(0.0)

420(52.8)

< 0.001

  No, unknown

2388(85.0)

2013(100.0)

375(42.7)

< 0.001

Marital status

  Married/cohabiting

982(35.0)

728(36.2)

254(31.9)

0.223

  Others

1826(65.0)

1285(63.8)

541(68.1)

0.381

Residing/working together

  Yes

1121(39.9)

1011(50.2)

110(13.8)

< 0.001

  No

1687(60.1)

1002(49.8)

685(86.2)

< 0.001

Self-reported risk factors

History of hypertension

  Yes

276(9.8)

141(7.0)

135(17.0)

< 0.001

  No, unknown

2532(90.2)

1872(93.0)

660(83.0)

0.073

History of CVDS

  Yes

196(7.0)

117(5.8)

79(9.9)

0.012

  No

2612(93.0)

1896(94.2)

716(90.1)

0.468

Family history of stroke/heart diseases

  Stroke

372(13.2)

313(15.5)

59(7.4)

< 0.001

  Heart diseases

347(12.4)

227(11.3)

120(15.1)

0.075

  Both heart diseases and stroke

389(13.9)

227(11.3)

162(20.4)

< 0.001

  None

1700(60.5)

1246(61.9)

454(57.1)

0.294

BMI

  Underweight

53(1.9)

33(1.6)

20(2.5)

0.302

  Normal, unknown

2429(86.5)

1860(92.4)

569(71.6)

< 0.001

  Overweight

215(7.7)

111(5.5)

104(13.1)

< 0.001

  Obesity

111(4.0)

9(0.4)

102(12.8)

< 0.001

Healthy dietary status

  No, unknown

1119(39.9)

802(38.8)

317(39.9)

0.993

  Yes

1689(60.1)

1211(60.2)

478(60.1)

0.994

Alcohol consumption

  Current

668(23.8)

406(20.2)

262(33.0)

< 0.001

  Former

46(1.6)

24(1.2)

22(2.8)

0.054

  No, unknown

2094(74.6)

1583(78.6)

511(64.3)

0.004

Smoking status

  Current

337(12.0)

182(9.0)

155(19.5)

< 0.001

  Former

43(1.5)

22(1.1)

21(2.6)

0.051

  No, unknown

2428(86.5)

1809(89.9)

619(77.9)

0.027

Intensity of physical activity

  None, unknown

2157(76.8)

1582(78.6)

575(72.3)

0.224

  Light

105(3.7)

62(3.1)

43(5.4)

0.054

  Moderate

483(17.2)

337(16.7)

146(18.4)

0.513

  High

63(2.2)

32(1.6)

31(3.9)

0.016

History of HIV/AIDS

  Yes

569(20.3)

289(14.4)

280(35.2)

0.001

  No, unknown

2229(79.4)

1724(85.6)

515(64.8)

< 0.001

History of psychiatric diseases

  Yes

89(3.2)

0(0)

89(11.2)

< 0.001

  No

2719(96.8)

2013(100.0)

706(88.8)

0.052

Calculated risk factors

Physical activity intensity (Met min/week)

  Physical inactive, unknown

2169(77.2)

1585(78.7)

584(73.5)

0.307

  Low (> 3,5–600)

112(4.0)

66(3.3)

46(5.8)

0.045

  Moderate (> 600–3000)

436(15.5)

290(14.4)

146(18.4)

0.098

  High (> 3000)

91(3.2)

72(3.6)

19(2.4)

0.244

BMI

  Underweight (< 18.5)

105(3.7)

85(4.2)

20(2.5)

0.113

  Normal, unknown (18.5 < 25)

1178(42.0)

904(44.9)

274(34.5)

0.005

  Overweight (25 < 30)

669(23.8)

458(22.8)

211(26.5)

0.197

  Obesity (> 30)

856(30.5)

566(28.1)

290(36.5)

0.013

  1. NA not applicable, CVDS cardiovascular diseases (diabetes, dyslipidemia, stroke, or heart diseases), Psychiatric diseases: depression or anxiety, BMI Body Mass Index