Cardiovascular risk profiling among South Asian adults in Hong Kong: a latent class analysis

Table 1 Basic characteristics of sampled South Asian adults (N = 1181)

	N (Mean)	% (SD)
*Demographic factors*
Age	42.7	13.2
Female gender	904	76.3
Currently married	1026	86.9
Household size	4.7	1.8
Length of stay in Hong Kong^a
< 4 years	108	9.2
4–7 years	124	10.6
> 7 years	847	72.4
Born in Hong Kong	91	7.8
Ethnicity
Pakistani	519	43.9
Nepalese	250	21.2
Indian	340	28.8
Others	72	6.1
*Socioeconomic indicators*
Education level
Primary or below	373	31.6
Secondary	501	42.4
Post-secondary	307	26.0
Economically inactive^b	732	62.0
On CSSA	190	16.1
*Lifestyle behaviours*
Not eating vegetable every day^c	547	46.4
Not eating fruits every day	507	42.9
Doing none or light exercise only^d	611	51.9
Ever-smoker	130	11.0
*Psychological factors*
Higher psychological distress	422	36.1
Depressive symptoms^e	93	7.9
*Obesity measures*
High BMI^f	640	54.6
High WHtR^g	1050	90.0
High fat percentage^h	768	66.6
*Clinical conditions*
Hypertensionⁱ	284	24.1
Hypercholesterolemia^j	175	15.0
Diabetes mellitus^k	141	12.1

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