Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of patients (N = 21,451).
Variables | Sub-categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Age | 50–75 | 10,951 | 51.1 |
30–49 | 8040 | 37.5 | |
21–29 | 2460 | 11.5 | |
Gender | Female | 6477 | 30.2 |
Male | 14,974 | 69.8 | |
Education | Primary & secondary | 6817 | 31.8 |
Graduate | 8092 | 37.7 | |
Postgraduate | 6542 | 30.5 | |
Ethnicity | Muhajir | 1885 | 8.8 |
Punjabi | 7365 | 34.3 | |
Suraiki | 3314 | 15.4 | |
Sindhi | 4318 | 20.1 | |
Pashtun | 3834 | 17.9 | |
Baloch | 337 | 1.6 | |
Hazaras | 28 | 0.1 | |
Brahui | 30 | 0.1 | |
Kashmiri | 212 | 1.0 | |
Pahari | 128 | 0.6 | |
Monthly income (PKR) | < 10,000 | 46 | 0.2 |
10,000–25,000 | 1541 | 7.2 | |
26,000–50,000 | 2787 | 13.0 | |
51,000–100,000 | 9598 | 44.7 | |
> 100,000 | 7479 | 34.9 | |
Health card (Sehat Sahulat program) covered | No | 6688 | 31.2% |
Yes | 14,764 | 68.8% | |
Duration of disease (hyperlipidemia) | < 5 years | 10,042 | 46.8 |
≥ 5 years | 11,409 | 53.2 | |
Comorbid conditions | 1 | 19,028 | 88.7 |
> 1 | 2423 | 11.3 | |
Type of comorbidity | Obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2) | 10,996 | 51.2 |
Diabetes | 8043 | 37.5 | |
CVDs | 2421 | 11.3 | |
Number of daily medication | < 5 | 9359 | 43.6 |
5–9 | 8848 | 41.2 | |
≥ 10 | 3244 | 15.1 | |
Frequency of dose | Once daily | 18,288 | 85.3 |
Twice daily | 1368 | 6.4 | |
Thrice daily | 1795 | 8.4 |
