Table 1. General characteristics compared between included and excluded participants.
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation or the number of sample size and its percentage.
Independent t-test for continuous variables and Chi-squared test for categorical variables were used.
| n = 22,559 | |||
| Excluded | Included (Final participants) | ||
| n = 11,997 | n = 10,562 | p-value | |
| Age, years | 40.8 ± 24.6 | 49.9 ± 19.0 | < 0.001 |
| Gender, n (%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Male | 5743 (47.9) | 4611 (43.7) | |
| Female | 6254 (52.1) | 5951 (56.3) | |
| Household income, n (%) | n = 11,927 | n = 10,526 | < 0.001 |
| Low | 1926 (16.2) | 1978 (18.8) | |
| Low middle | 3038 (25.5) | 2642 (25.1) | |
| Middle high | 3436 (28.8) | 2823 (26.8) | |
| High | 3527 (29.6) | 3083 (29.3) | |
| Education level, n (%) | n = 10,342 | n = 9,933 | < 0.001 |
| ≤Elementary school | 3999 (38.7) | 2077 (20.9) | |
| Middle school | 970 (9.4) | 1144 (11.5) | |
| High school | 2600 (25.1) | 3156 (31.8) | |
| ≥College | 2773 (26.8) | 3556 (35.8) | |
| Smoking status, n (%) | n = 10,844 | n = 10,465 | < 0.001 |
| Never | 7558 (69.7) | 6665 (63.7) | |
| Former | 1915 (17.7) | 2216 (21.2) | |
| Current | 1371 (12.6) | 1584 (15.1) | |
| Drinking status, n (%) | n = 10,853 | n = 10,470 | < 0.001 |
| < 2 times per week | 9272 (85.4) | 8522 (81.4) | |
| ≥2 times per week | 1581 (14.6) | 1948 (18.6) | |
| Physical activity, n (%) | n = 7,418 | n = 9,214 | 0.024 |
| No | 4372 (58.9) | 5270 (57.2) | |
| Yes | 3046 (41.1) | 3944 (42.8) | |