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. 2023 Oct 13;46(12):2718–2728. doi: 10.1038/s41440-023-01454-0

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of the participants

All Inland area (all) Inland area Coastal area (all) Coastal area
No damage Partially destroyed More than half destroyed No damage Partially destroyed More than half destroyed
(n = 9218) (n = 5860) (n = 1924) (n = 3378) (n = 558) (n = 3358) (n = 707) (n = 1394) (n = 1257)
Age, years 65.5 (6.3) 65.3 (6.3) 65.6 (6.4) 65.3 (6.1) 64.7 (6.4) 65.7 (6.4) 65.8 (6.7) 65.9 (6.1) 65.4 (6.7)
Sex
  Male 4468 (48.5) 2874 (49.0) 896 (46.6) 1700 (50.3) 278 (49.8) 1594 (47.5) 328 (46.4) 675 (48.4) 591 (47.0)
  Female 4750 (51.5) 2986 (51.0) 1028 (53.4) 1678 (49.7) 280 (50.2) 1764 (52.5) 379 (53.6) 719 (51.6) 666 (53.0)
BMI, kg/m2 24.8 (3.5) 24.7 (3.5) 24.8 (3.6) 24.7 (3.5) 24.8 (3.4) 24.8 (3.4) 24.6 (3.4) 24.7 (3.4) 25.1 (3.5)
SBP, mmHg 132.4 (15.8) 132.3 (15.7) 132.7 (15.9) 132.2 (15.6) 131 (15.9) 132.7 (16.0) 133.1 (15.8) 131.7 (16.5) 133.5 (15.5)
DBP, mmHg 78.7 (9.9) 78.8 (10.0) 78.6 (10.1) 79.0 (9.9) 78.6 (10.1) 78.5 (9.8) 78.9 (9.7) 78.0 (9.8) 78.9 (9.8)
Smoking status
  Current smoker 1057 (11.5) 668 (11.4) 228 (11.9) 373 (11.0) 67 (12.0) 389 (11.6) 80 (11.3) 149 (10.7) 160 (12.7)
  Ex-smoker 2779 (30.2) 1755 (30.0) 545 (28.3) 1034 (30.6) 176 (31.5) 1024 (30.5) 213 (30.1) 433 (31.1) 378 (30.1)
  Never smoker 5142 (55.8) 3293 (56.2) 1113 (57.9) 1884 (55.8) 296 (53.1) 1849 (55.1) 396 (56.0) 764 (54.8) 689 (54.8)
  Unknown 240 (2.6) 144 (2.5) 38 (2) 87 (2.6) 19 (3.4) 96 (2.9) 18 (2.6) 48 (3.4) 30 (2.4)
Drinking status
  Current drinker 5129 (55.6) 3303 (56.4) 1037 (53.9) 1957 (57.9) 309 (55.4) 1826 (54.4) 395 (55.9) 790 (56.7) 641 (51.0)
  Ex-drinker 287 (3.1) 186 (3.2) 63 (3.3) 103 (3.1) 20 (3.6) 101 (3.0) 19 (2.7) 37 (2.7) 45 (3.6)
  Never drinker 3724 (40.4) 2316 (39.5) 803 (41.7) 1289 (38.2) 224 (40.1) 1408 (41.9) 291 (41.2) 557 (40.0) 560 (44.6)
  Unknown 78 (0.9) 55 (0.9) 21 (1.1) 29 (0.9) 5 (0.9) 23 (0.7) 2 (0.3) 10 (0.7) 11 (0.9)
Having psychological distress
  Yes 3378 (36.7) 2062 (35.2) 618 (32.1) 1225 (36.3) 219 (39.3) 1316 (39.2) 235 (33.2) 528 (37.9) 553 (44.0)
  No 5666 (61.5) 3691 (63.0) 1276 (66.3) 2090 (61.9) 325 (58.2) 1975 (58.8) 463 (65.5) 841 (60.3) 671 (53.4)
  Unknown 174 (1.9) 107 (1.8) 30 (1.6) 63 (1.9) 14 (2.5) 67 (2.0) 9 (1.3) 25 (1.8) 33 (2.6)
Social network status
  Socially isolated 2090 (22.7) 1307 (22.3) 475 (24.7) 712 (21.1) 120 (21.5) 783 (23.3) 189 (26.7) 317 (22.7) 277 (22.0)
  Socially connected 6709 (72.8) 4297 (73.3) 1365 (71.0) 2525 (74.8) 407 (72.9) 2412 (71.8) 489 (69.2) 1011 (72.5) 912 (72.6)
  Unknown 419 (4.6) 256 (4.4) 84 (4.4) 141 (4.2) 31 (5.6) 163 (4.9) 29 (4.1) 66 (4.7) 68 (5.4)
Educational background
  Elementary/junior high/high school 6686 (72.6) 4226 (72.1) 1417 (73.7) 2439 (72.2) 370 (66.3) 2460 (73.3) 519 (73.4) 1004 (72.0) 937 (74.5)
  Vocational school/junior college/technical college 1650 (17.9) 1088 (18.6) 332 (17.3) 628 (18.6) 128 (22.9) 562 (16.7) 108 (15.3) 237 (17.0) 217 (17.3)
  University or higher 787 (8.5) 495 (8.5) 161 (8.4) 280 (8.3) 54 (9.7) 292 (8.7) 70 (9.9) 138 (9.9) 84 (6.7)
  Other 65 (0.7) 38 (0.7) 12 (0.6) 21 (0.6) 5 (0.9) 27 (0.8) 6 (0.9) 9 (0.7) 12 (1.0)
  Unknown 30 (0.3) 13 (0.2) 2 (0.1) 10 (0.3) 1 (0.2) 17 (0.5) 4 (0.6) 6 (0.4) 7 (0.6)
Having a spouse
  Yes 7629 (82.8) 4884 (83.3) 1565 (81.3) 2850 (84.4) 469 (84.1) 2745 (81.8) 574 (81.2) 1178 (84.5) 993 (79.0)
  No 1516 (16.5) 934 (15.9) 346 (18) 503 (14.9) 85 (15.2) 582 (17.3) 129 (18.3) 204 (14.6) 249 (19.8)
  Unknown 73 (0.8) 42 (0.7) 13 (0.7) 25 (0.7) 4 (0.7) 31 (0.9) 4 (0.6) 12 (0.9) 15 (1.2)
Having children
  Yes 8453 (91.7) 5394 (92.1) 1737 (90.3) 3127 (92.6) 530 (95.0) 3059 (91.1) 650 (91.9) 1273 (91.3) 1136 (90.4)
  No 275 (3.0) 177 (3.0) 68 (3.5) 99 (2.9) 10 (1.8) 98 (2.9) 19 (2.7) 49 (3.5) 30 (2.4)
  Unknown 490 (5.3) 289 (4.9) 119 (6.2) 152 (4.5) 18 (3.2) 201 (6.0) 38 (5.4) 72 (5.2) 91 (7.2)
Living with family
  Yes 8388 (91.0) 5370 (91.6) 1727 (89.8) 3125 (92.5) 518 (92.8) 3018 (89.9) 642 (90.8) 1270 (91.1) 1106 (88.0)
  No 678 (7.4) 400 (6.8) 159 (8.3) 206 (6.1) 35 (6.3) 278 (8.3) 58 (8.2) 100 (7.2) 120 (9.6)
  Unknown 152 (1.7) 90 (1.5) 38 (2.0) 47 (1.4) 5 (0.9) 62 (1.9) 7 (1.0) 24 (1.7) 31 (2.5)
Ever been diagnosed with diabetes
  Yes 2009 (21.8) 1280 (21.8) 386 (20.1) 787 (23.3) 107 (19.2) 729 (21.7) 150 (21.2) 325 (23.3) 254 (20.2)
  No 2892 (31.4) 1854 (31.6) 594 (30.9) 1074 (31.8) 186 (33.3) 1038 (30.9) 234 (33.1) 450 (32.3) 354 (28.2)
  Unknown 4317 (46.8) 2726 (46.5) 944 (49.1) 1517 (44.9) 265 (47.5) 1591 (47.4) 323 (45.7) 619 (44.4) 649 (51.6)
Ever been diagnosed with dyslipidemia
  Yes 2987 (32.4) 1801 (30.7) 558 (30.6) 1035 (30.6) 178 (31.9) 1186 (35.3) 246 (34.8) 530 (38.0) 410 (32.6)
  No 2296 (24.9) 1525 (26.0) 481 (25.0) 907 (26.9) 137 (24.6) 771 (23.0) 177 (25.0) 320 (23.0) 274 (21.8)
  Unknown 3935 (42.7) 2534 (43.2) 855 (44.4) 1436 (42.5) 243 (43.6) 1401 (41.7) 284 (40.2) 544 (39.0) 573 (45.6)
Employment status
  Employed 3841 (41.7) 2640 (45.1) 799 (41.5) 1555 (46.0) 286 (51.3) 1201 (35.8) 227 (32.1) 491 (35.2) 483 (38.4)
  Unemployed 5225 (56.7) 3141 (53.6) 1102 (57.3) 1776 (52.6) 263 (47.1) 2084 (62.1) 467 (66.1) 881 (63.2) 736 (58.6)
  Unknown 152 (1.7) 79 (1.4) 23 (1.2) 47 (1.4) 9 (1.6) 73 (2.2) 13 (1.8) 22 (1.6) 38 (3.0)
Fiscal year of survey participation
  FY2013 1728 (18.8) 583 (10.0) 209 (10.9) 309 (9.2) 65 (11.7) 1145 (34.1) 165 (23.3) 408 (29.3) 572 (45.5)
  FY2014 4204 (45.6) 2400 (41.0) 737 (38.3) 1398 (41.4) 265 (47.5) 1804 (53.7) 444 (62.8) 759 (54.5) 601 (47.8)
  FY2015 3286 (35.7) 2877 (49.1) 978 (50.8) 1671 (49.5) 228 (40.9) 409 (12.2) 98 (13.9) 227 (16.3) 84 (6.7)
Estimated daily salt intake, g/day
  >9.77 4598 (49.9) 2936 (50.1) 941 (48.9) 1731 (51.2) 264 (47.3) 1662 (49.5) 357 (50.5) 689 (49.4) 616 (49.0)
  ≤9.77 4599 (49.9) 2916 (49.8) 981 (51.0) 1641 (48.6) 294 (52.7) 1683 (50.1) 348 (49.2) 699 (50.1) 636 (50.6)
  Unknown 21 (0.23) 8 (0.1) 2 (0.1) 6 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 13 (0.4) 2 (0.3) 6 (0.4) 5 (0.4)
Treatment status of hypertension
  Under HTTx 8878 (96.3) 5666 (96.7) 1862 (96.8) 3261 (96.5) 543 (97.3) 3212 (95.7) 671 (94.9) 1326 (95.1) 1215 (96.7)
  Withdrawal from HTTx 340 (3.7) 194 (3.3) 62 (3.2) 117 (3.5) 15 (2.7) 146 (4.3) 36 (5.1) 68 (4.9) 42 (3.3)

The values in the table are presented as means (standard deviations) for continuous variables and as numbers (percentage) for categorical variables

BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, HTTx treatment for hypertension, SBP systolic blood pressure