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Table 5 Flagged indicators of cardiovascular risk at baseline and follow-up

From: Enhanced physical health screening for people with severe mental illness in Hong Kong: results from a one-year prospective case series study

 

Baseline n (%)

Follow-up n (%)

P-value

BMI overweight - Hong Kong criterion

  

P = 0.15

Red flagged (BMI ≥ 23)

113 (76.4)

106 (71.6)

 

Green flagged (BMI = 18.50-22.99)

31 (20.9)

40 (27.0)

 

Missing

4 (2.7)

2 (1.4)

 

BMI overweight- international criterion

  

P = 0.58

Red flagged (BMI ≥ 25)

83 (56.1)

79 (53.4)

 

Green flagged (BMI = 18.50-24.99)

65 (43.9)

68 (45.9)

 

Missing

0

1 (0.7)

 

Waist circumference

  

P = 0.07

Red flagged (males ≥ 90 cm, females ≥ 80 cm)

78 (52.7)

90 (60.8)

 

Green flagged (males < 90 cm, females < 80 cm)

68 (45.9)

57 (38.5)

 

Missing

2 (1.4)

1 (0.7)

 

Hypertension

  

P = 1.00

Red flagged (BP  140/90)

32 (21.6)

32 (21.6)

 

Green flagged (BP < 140/90)

115 (77.7)

116 (78.4)

 

Missing

1 (0.7)

0

 

Hypercholesterolemia

  

P = 0.38

Red flagged (Total Cholesterol ≥ 6.2 mmol/L)

36 (24.3)

21 (14.2)

 

Green flagged (< 6.2 mmol/L)

83 (56.1)

83 (56.1)

 

Missing

29 (19.6)

44 (29.7)

 

Raised LDL cholesterol

  

P = 0.21

Red flagged (LDL ≥ 4.1 mmol/L)

29 (19.6)

13 (8.8)

 

Green flagged (< 4.1 mmol/L)

95 (64.2)

93 (62.8)

 

Missing

24 (16.2)

42 (28.4)

 

Raised fasting plasma glucose

  

P = 0.21

Red flagged (Glucose - ≥ 7.00 mmol/L)

16 (10.8)

21 (14.2)

 

Green flagged (< 7.0 mmol/L)

116 (78.4)

83 (56.1)

 

Missing

16 (10.8)

44 (29.7)

 

Raised triglycerides

  

P = 1.00

Red flagged (Triglycerides - ≥ 2.2 mmol/L)

39 (26.4)

24 (16.2)

 

Green flagged (< 2.2 mmol/L)

84 (56.8)

75 (50.7)

 

Missing

25 (16.9)

49 (33.1)

 
  1. P for significant differences in cardiovascular risk between baseline and follow-up, tested by McNemar test.