Table 2

Relation between coronary heart disease risk factors and socio-economic characteristics in Lebanon

Variable	Smoker		p Value^*	Hypertension		p Value^*
Variable	N	Percentage	p Value^*	N	Percentage	p Value^*
Education
Below elementary	1036	42.9	<0.001	532	22.0	<0.001
Elementary	1030	52.1		312	15.7
Preparatory	780	53.7		181	12.4
Secondary and higher	851	44.1		173	8.9
Income
Low	1180	47.0	<0.024	443	17.6	<0.001
Middle	1693	49.0		533	15.3
High	843	45.2		225	12.0

Variable	Diabetes mellitus		p Value^*	High cholesterol		p Value^*
Variable	N	Percentage	p Value^*	N	Percentage	p Value^*
Education
Below elementary	347	14.3	<0.001	76	3.1	<0.002
Elementary	211	10.6		85	4.3
Preparatory	113	7.7		48	3.3
Secondary and higher	122	6.3		41	2.1
Income
Low	275	10.9	<0.018	83	3.3	0.926
Middle	360	10.4		110	3.2
High	158	8.4		58	3.1

↵* p values (two-tailed) from χ² tests.