Factors associated with total cholesterol and blood glucose levels among Afghan people aged 18–69 years old: Evidence from a national survey

Giti Azim, Hosna Hamidi, Mohammad Shafi Azim, Bahara Rasoly, Mohammad Hasher Azim, Sultan Ahmad Halimi, Mohamed Mostafa Tahoun and Jamshed Tanoli

PLOS Global Public Health, 2025, vol. 5, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: The objective of this study was to determine the associated factors of total cholesterol (TC) and blood glucose (BG) levels in people aged 18-69 years old in Afghanistan. This was an analytical cross-sectional study using data from the National Survey of Non-Communicable Disease STEPs 2018 (NCD STEPS) in Afghanistan. The total sample size in the original study was 3,972 and a multi-stage cluster sampling method was used. Total cholesterol and blood glucose were the outcome variables for this study; simple and multiple linear regression was performed to find the associated factors for the outcome variables using a designed-based modeling incorporating sampling techniques and weights. The result of univariate linear regression analysis indicates that age, marital status, hypertension, and BMI are positively associated with TC and BG levels while education, salt intake, and any type of physical activity are negatively associated with TC and BG levels (p-values

Date: 2025
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