Table 7 Prevalence of chronic disease in adult population sampled, in total, by gender and by gender and age group
From: Aims, design and preliminary findings of the Hellenic National Nutrition and Health Survey (HNNHS)
Presence of disease/condition | Total | By gender and age groupa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total sample | By Genderb N (%) | 20–39 N (%) | 40–64 N (%) | 65+ N (%) | ||||||
N | % | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
Increased cholesterol or triglyceridesc | 765 | 16.7 | 297*** (15.2) | 468 (17.8) | 62** (7.8) | 48 (4.6) | 127 (27.6) | 226 (29.5) | 103* (39.9) | 183 (48.3) |
Don’t know | 175 | 3.8 | ||||||||
Hypertension | 608 | 13.3 | 241 (12.4) | 367 (14.0) | 21* (2.6) | 11 (1.1) | 88 (19.1) | 124 (16.2) | 132* (51.2) | 231 (61.0) |
47 | 1.0 | |||||||||
Coronary Heart Disease | 69 | 1.8 | 53*** (3.4) | 16 (0.7) | 0 (0) | 1 (0.1) | 17 (3.7) | 1 (0.1) | 36*** (14.0) | 14 (3.7) |
Don’t know | 32 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Angina | 36 | 0.9 | 19 (1.2) | 17 (0.8) | 6 (0.8) | 4 (0.4) | 6 (1.3) | 2 (0.3) | 7 (2.7) | 10 (2.6) |
Don’t know | 31 | 0.8 | ||||||||
Myocardial Infarction (Heart attack) | 49 | 1.3 | 37 (2.4) | 12 (0.5) | 0 | 0 | 16** (3.3) | 5 (0.7) | 21*** (8.1) | 7 (1.9) |
Don’t know | 13 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Heart failure | 42 | 1.1 | 16 (1.0) | 26 (1.1) | 0 | 3 (0.3) | 2 (0.4) | 8 (1.1) | 14 (5.0) | 15 (4.0) |
Don’t know | 27 | 0.7 | ||||||||
Arrhythmia | 295 | 7.7 | 91** (5.8) | 204 (9.0) | 21 (2.6) | 48 (4.6) | 25 (5.4) | 71 (9.3) | 45 (17.4) | 78 (20.6) |
Don’t know | 42 | 1.1 | ||||||||
Stroke | 41 | 1.1 | 18 (1.1) | 23 (1.0) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.7) | 4 (0.5) | 14 (5.4) | 17 (4.5) |
Don’t know | 11 | 0.3 | ||||||||
Cancer | 53 | 1.2 | 14** (0.7) | 39 (1.5) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 3** (0.6) | 28 (3.7) | 8 (3.1) | 10 (2.6) |
Don’t know | 8 | 0.2 | ||||||||
Diabetes (Type I & II)d | 162 | 3.6 | 73 (3.8) | 89 (3.4) | 3 (0.4) | 4 (0.4) | 27** (5.9) | 21 (2.7) | 42 (16.3) | 64 (16.9) |
Don’t know | 24 | 0.5 | ||||||||
Thyroid (any type of condition)e | 629 | 13.8 | 93*** (4.8) | 536 (20.4) | 36*** (4.5) | 160 (15.4) | 26*** (5.6) | 248 (32.4) | 24*** (9.3) | 113 (29.8) |
Don’t know | 102 | 2.2 | ||||||||
Asthma | 184 | 4.0 | 69 (3.6) | 115 (4.4) | 40 (5.0) | 48 (4.6) | 8* (1.7) | 37 (4.8) | 6 (2.3) | 20 (5.3) |
Don’t know | 16 | 0.4 | ||||||||
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) | 63 | 1.6 | 25 (1.6) | 38 (1.7) | 5 (0.6) | 8 (0.8) | 9 (2.0) | 15 (2.0) | 11 (4.3) | 15 (4.0) |
Don’t know | 77 | 0.6 | ||||||||
Chronic kidney disease | 27 | 0.6 | 13 (0.7) | 14 (0.5) | 3 (0.4) | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.4) | 4 (0.5) | 8 (3.1) | 9 (2.4) |
Don’t know | 3 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Osteoporosisf | 206 | 5.4 | 13*** (0.8) | 193 (8.3) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.3) | 4*** (0.9) | 95 (12.3) | 8*** (3.1) | 95 (25.8) |
Don’t know | 79 | 2.1 | ||||||||
Arthritis/ Rheumatoid disease | 324 | 7.1 | 65*** (3.3) | 259 (9.9) | 9* (1.1) | 23 (2.2) | 28*** (6.1) | 106 (13.9) | 28*** (10.8) | 128 (33.8) |
Don’t know | 83 | 1.8 | ||||||||
Crohn’s disease or Ulcerative colitis | 16 | 0.4 | 6 (0.3) | 10 (0.4) | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 1 (0.2) | 6 (0.8) | 3 (1.2) | 1 (0.3) |
Don’t know | 6 | 0.1 | ||||||||
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) | 317 | 6.9 | 53*** (2.7) | 264 (10.1) | 25*** (3.1) | 105 (10.1) | 18*** (3.9) | 121 (15.8) | 9* (3.5) | 35 (9.2) |
Don’t know | 46 | 1.0 | ||||||||
Depression | 180 | 4.2 | 42*** (2.3) | 138 (5.6) | 15 (1.9) | 33 (3.2) | 12*** (2.6) | 62 (8.1) | 15 (5.8) | 42 (11.1) |
Don’t know | 63 | 1.5 | ||||||||
Chronic Stress | 495 | 11.6 | 128*** (7.1) | 367 (14.9) | 56*** (7.0) | 143 (13.8) | 42*** (9.1) | 134 (17.5) | 25** (9.7) | 78 (20.6) |
Don’t know | 39 | 0.9 | ||||||||