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Table 1 Prevalence of Non-communicable Diseases (NCDs) among Population Sub-groups

From: Prevalence of non-communicable diseases and associated medication use among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: an analysis of country-wide data from the Sijilli electronic health records database

Variable/disease

Hypertension N (%)

Diabetes N (%)

CVDs N (%)

Cancer N (%)

Prevalence (N = 3255)

326 (10.0%)

185 (5.7%)

175 (5.4%)

20 (0.6%)

95% CI

0.09–0.11

0.05–0.06

0.05–0.06

0.00–0.01

Age (years)

    

18–39 (N = 2066)

57 (2.8%)

22 (1.1%)

46 (2.2%)

11 (0.5%)

40–59 (N = 959)

169 (17.6%)

111 (11.6%)

82 (8.6%)

7 (0.7%)

60 + (N = 230)

100 (43.5%)

52 (22.6%)

47 (20.4%)

2 (0.9%)

p-value

 < .001

 < .001

 < .001

 

Sex

    

Male (N = 1071)

97 (9.1%)

63 (5.6%)

75 (7.0%)

3 (0.3%)

Female (N = 2184)

229 (10.5%)

122 (5.9%)

100 (4.6%)

17 (0.8%)

p-value

.202

.732

.004

.087

Smoking status

    

Never smoker (N = 2109)

197 (9.3%)

111 (5.3%)

94 (4.5%)

13 (0.6%)

Current smoker (N = 920)

95 (10.3%)

58 (6.3%)

57 (6.2%)

5 (0.5%)

Former smoker (N = 91)

22 (24.2%)

10 (11.0%)

17 (18.7%)

1 (1.1%)

Missing

12

6

7

1

p-value

 < .001

.048

 < .001

.807

Alcohol intake

    

Never drinker (N = 2983)

299 (10.0%)

177 (5.9%)

158 (5.3%)

16 (0.5%)

Current drinker (N = 17)

2 (11.8%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (5.9%)

Former drinker (N = 9)

3 (33.3%)

1 (11.1%)

2 (22.2%)

0 (0.0%)

Missing

22

7

15

3

p-value

.067

.471

.048

.013

Physical activity

    

No (N = 2328)

236 (10.1%)

131 (5.6%)

113 (4.9%)

15 (0.6%)

Yes (N = 611)

56 (9.2%)

35 (5.7%)

38 (6.2%)

1 (0.2%)

Missing

34

19

14

4

p-value

.475

.923

.174

.151

Years spent in Lebanon (> 2011)

    

Mean (SD)

    

With disease

5.1 (2.1)

5.0 (2.1)

4.8 (2.1)

5.2 (1.9)

Without disease

4.8 (2.1)

4.8 (2.1)

4.8 (2.1)

4.8 (2.1)

p-value

.020

.205

.807

.393