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Table 1 Characteristics of ASCVD patients taking part in cross-sectional survey in MSF clinics, north Lebanon

From: Cardiovascular Disease among Syrian refugees: a descriptive study of patients in two Médecins Sans Frontières clinics in northern Lebanon

Characteristics

Overall [95% CI]a

Abdeh clinic [95% CI]

DAZ clinic [95% CI]

Demographic

 Age (mean)

60.4 [59.6, 61.3]

60.8 [59.6, 62.1]

60.1 [58.9, 61.3]

 Gender (male)

61.9 [57.5, 66.1]

66.0 [59.5, 71.9]

58.3 [52.3, 64.2]

 Resident permit

27.2 [23.5, 31.3]

20.2 [15.4, 25.9]

33.3 [27.9, 39.3]

 Reads Arabic

58.9 [54.5, 63.2]

56.7 [50.2, 63.1]

60.9 [54.8, 66.6]

ASCVD history

 Coronary heart disease

31.5 [27.6, 35.8]

13.0 [9.2, 18.1]

47.5 [41.5, 53.5]

 Cerebrovascular disease

26.1 [22.4, 30.1]

27.7 [22.2, 34]

24.6 [19.8, 30.2]

 Peripheral vascular disease

1.8 [0.9, 3.4]

1.7 [0.5, 4.5]

1.8 [0.7, 4.4]

 Revascularisation

58.8 [54.4, 63]

66.0 [59.5, 71.9]

52.5 [46.5, 58.5]

Risk factors

 Diabetes

51.8 [47.3, 56.1]

49.2 [42.7, 55.7]

54.0 [47.9, 59.9]

 Smoking

39.7 [35.5, 44.1]

38.2 [32.1, 44.8]

40.9 [35.1, 47.0]

 Hypertension

72.2 [68.1, 76.0]

66.4 [60.0, 72.3]

77.2 [71.7, 81.9]

 All 3 risk factors

12.1 [9.4, 15.3]

9.2 [6.0, 13.8]

14.5 [10.7, 19.3]

  1. aData are presented as proportions or means with 95% Confidence Intervals