TABLE 2.
Baseline characteristics between study participants with and without hypertension.
| Overall | Non‐hypertension | Hypertension | p‐Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 92545 | 59096 | 33449 | |
| Age, years | 53.7 (46.1‐62.4) | 50.8 (44.0‐59.7) | 59.1 (51.0‐65.6) | <.001 |
| SBP, mmHg | 127.0 (116.0‐140.5) | 120.0 (111.0‐128.0) | 146.0 (138.0‐158.0) | <.001 |
| DBP, mmHg | 78.5 (71.0‐86.0) | 74.5 (68.5‐80.0) | 88.5 (81.0‐94.5) | <.001 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 23.8 (21.8‐26.0) | 23.3 (21.3‐25.4) | 24.7 (22.7‐27.0) | <.001 |
| WC, cm | 83.0 (76.7‐89.2) | 81.0 (75.0‐87.1) | 86.0 (80.0‐92.0) | <.001 |
| TC, mg/dl | 186.7 (158.1‐218.0) | 184.4 (156.6‐215.3) | 190.6 (161.2‐222.3) | <.001 |
| TG, mg/dl | 117.8 (86.8‐168.3) | 110.8 (82.4‐156.8) | 131.1 (95.7‐188.7) | <.001 |
| LDL‐C, mg/dl | 105.5 (80.8‐126.4) | 104.0 (79.6‐124.5) | 105.6 (82.7‐129.9) | <.001 |
| HDL‐C, mg/dl | 55.3 (44.8‐67.7) | 56.1 (45.6‐68.8) | 53.4 (43.7‐65.3) | <.001 |
| FBG, mg/dl | 99.0 (88.9‐109.8) | 97.2 (88.2‐108.0) | 102.6 (91.8‐115.2) | <.001 |
| TyG index | 8.7 (8.3‐9.1) | 8.6 (8.3‐9.0) | 8.8 (8.5‐9.2) | <.001 |
| TyG‐BMI | 207.5 (185.2‐232.5) | 200.9 (180.0‐224.6) | 219.5 (196.6‐244.2) | <.001 |
| Gender, n% | <.001 | |||
| Male | 36031 (38.9) | 21609 (36.6) | 14422 (43.1) | |
| Female | 56514 (61.1) | 37487 (63.4) | 19027 (56.9) | |
| Education level, n% | <.001 | |||
| Less than high school | 64971 (70.2) | 39374 (66.6) | 25597 (76.5) | |
| High school or above | 27574 (29.8) | 19722 (33.4) | 7852 (23.5) | |
| Marital status, n% | <.001 | |||
| Married | 83885 (90.6) | 5172 (8.8) | 3488 (10.4) | |
| Other | 8660 (9.4) | 53924 (91.2) | 29961 (89.6) | |
| Annual household income, n% | <.001 | |||
| <50,000 yuan | 50574 (54.6) | 31407 (53.1) | 19167 (57.3) | |
| >50,000 yuan | 41971 (45.4) | 27689 (46.9) | 14282 (42.7) | |
| Farmer, n% | <.001 | |||
| No | 81516 (88.1) | 52863 (89.5) | 28653 (85.7) | |
| Yes | 11029 (11.9) | 6233 (10.5) | 4796 (14.3) | |
| Having medical insurance, n% | .071 | |||
| No | 6235 (6.7) | 4048 (6.8) | 2187 (6.5) | |
| Yes | 86310 (93.3) | 55048 (93.2) | 31262 (93.5) | |
| Smoking, n% | <.001 | |||
| No | 76757 (82.9) | 49300 (83.4) | 27457 (82.1) | |
| Yes | 15788 (17.1) | 9796 (16.6) | 5992 (17.9) | |
| Alcohol drinking, n% | <.001 | |||
| No | 87665 (94.7) | 56393 (95.4) | 31272 (93.5) | |
| Yes | 4880 (5.3) | 2703 (4.6) | 2177 (6.5) | |
| Diabetes, n% | <.001 | |||
| No | 83512 (90.2) | 54830 (92.8) | 28682 (85.7) | |
| Yes | 9033 (9.8) | 4266 (7.2) | 4767 (14.3) | |
| Dyslipidemia, n% | <.001 | |||
| No | 78336 (84.6) | 50755 (85.9) | 27581 (82.5) | |
| Yes | 14209 (15.4) | 8341 (14.1) | 5868 (17.5) | |
| History of CVD, n% | <.001 | |||
| No | 91643 (99.0) | 58728 (99.4) | 32915 (98.4) | |
| Yes | 902 (1.0) | 368 (0.6) | 534 (1.6) |
Note: Data are presented as medians (inter quartile range) or number (%).
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CVD, cardiovascular disease.; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL‐C, high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL‐C, low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol;Q, quartiles; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; TyG, triglyceride glucose; TyG‐BMI, triglyceride glucose‐body mass index; WC, waist circumference.