Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of Chinese adults living in Ningbo city (n 2853)
| Men | Women | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total n † | n | %† | n | %† | |
| n | 2853 | 1253 | 43·9 | 1600 | 56·1 |
| Age | |||||
| 20–44 | 1158 | 546 | 43·6 | 612 | 38·3 |
| 45–64 | 1303 | 524 | 41·8 | 779 | 48·7 |
| ≥ 65 | 392 | 183 | 14·6 | 209 | 13·1 |
| Geography | |||||
| Urban | 1473 | 640 | 51·1 | 833 | 52·1 |
| Rural | 1380 | 613 | 48·9 | 767 | 47·9 |
| Education | |||||
| Lower secondary education | 1703 | 710 | 56·7 | 993 | 62·1 |
| Vocational, technical or high school | 491 | 231 | 18·4 | 260 | 16·3 |
| Higher education | 659 | 312 | 24·9 | 347 | 21·7 |
| Employment | |||||
| Unemployed | 545 | 113 | 9·0 | 432 | 27·0 |
| Employed | 1907 | 1009 | 80·5 | 898 | 56·1 |
| Retired | 401 | 131 | 10·5 | 270 | 16·9 |
| Smoker | |||||
| Yes | 655 | 644 | 51·4 | 11 | 0·688 |
| Monthly frequent alcohol drinker | |||||
| Yes | 854 | 658 | 52·5 | 196 | 12·3 |
| Physical activity | |||||
| ≥ 150 min/week | 1457 | 631 | 50·4 | 826 | 51·6 |
| BMI | |||||
| Underweight and normal weight | 1648 | 627 | 50·0 | 1021 | 63·8 |
| Overweight | 939 | 497 | 39·7 | 442 | 27·6 |
| Obesity | 266 | 129 | 10·3 | 137 | 8·6 |
| Abdominal obesity | 703 | 343 | 27·4 | 360 | 22·5 |
| Hypertension (SBP ≥ 130 mmHg and/or DBP ≥ 85 mmHg) | 1151 | 556 | 44·4 | 595 | 37·2 |
| Hyperglycaemia (≥ 6·1 mmol/l) | 408 | 198 | 15·8 | 210 | 13·1 |
| Hypertriglyceridaemia (TAG ≥ 1·70 mmol/l) | 1228 | 615 | 49·1 | 613 | 38·3 |
| Low HDL-cholesterol (< 1·04 mmol/l) | 1057 | 532 | 42·5 | 525 | 32·8 |
| Metabolic syndrome | 798 | 399 | 31·8 | 399 | 24·9 |
SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.
†
Data was presented as number and percentage.