Table 1 Socio-Demographics of Study Group (n = 129)
From: Metabolic syndrome in South Asian immigrants: more than low HDL requiring aggressive management
Variable | n (%) | |
|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 51.30 ± 9.23 * | |
Male | 51.04 ± 9.64* | |
Female | 51.68 ± 8.70* | |
Gender | ||
Male | 76 (58.6) | |
Female | 53 (41.4) | |
Ethnicity | ||
South Indian | 33 (25.6) | |
Guajarati | 23 (17.8) | |
Hindi | 23 (17.8) | |
Bengali | 10 (7.8) | |
Punjabi | 8 (6.2) | |
Other | 4 (3.2) | |
Work Type | ||
Employee full time | 91 (70.5) | |
Homework | 14 (10.9) | |
Employee part time | 9 (7.0) | |
Unemployed | 6 (4.7) | |
Other | 8 (6.2) | |
Education | ||
Post-Graduate | 67 (51.9) | |
Graduate | 30 (23.3) | |
Undergraduate | 24 (18.6) | |
Other | 1 (0.8) |