Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the 18 876 US male physicians according to systolic blood pressure
| Systolic blood pressure |
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| Normotensive and not on treatment |
SBP ≥ 140 mmHg or treated for hypertension |
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| Characteristics | <120 (N = 3888) | 120–129 (N = 6023) | 130–139 (N = 3992) | <130 (N = 666) | 130–139 (N = 1207) | 140–149 (N = 2265) | 150–159 (N = 591) | >160 (N = 244) |
| Age (years) | 51.0. ± .8.3 | 51.9 ± 8.7 | 54.3 ± 9.5 | 53.8 ± 8.4 | 55.9 ± 9.2 | 58.5 ± 10.0 | 62.6 ± 9.2 | 65.7 ± 9.5 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 24.0 ± 2.4 | 24.5 ± 2.5 | 25.1 ± 2.8 | 25.1 ± 2.9 | 25.5 ± 2.9 | 25.6 ± 3.1 | 25.9 ± 3.3 | 26.1 ± 3.8 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 111.0 ± 5.1 | 121.9 ± 2.8 | 131.6 ± 2.6 | 121.0 ± 5.0 | 132.3 ± 2.9 | 141.0 ± 2.2 | 151.1 ± 2.2 | 164.5 ± 7.5 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 71.3 ± 6.2 | 77.3 ± 5.2 | 80.3 ± 4.5 | 81.6 ± 6.9 | 85.8 ± 5.6 | 85.0 ± 6.1 | 87.7 ± 6.6 | 89.7 ± 9.9 |
| Current drinkers (%) | 71.1 | 74.4 | 74.9 | 72.5 | 74.0 | 75.4 | 77.0 | 71.7 |
| Current smokers (%) | 9.3 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 8.9 | 10.6 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 17.2 |
| Exercise ≥1/week (%) | 89.0 | 88.1 | 87.4 | 86.0 | 83.8 | 82.9 | 81.4 | 78.7 |
| Diabetes (%) | 1.0 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 6.1 | 9.3 | 11.9 |
| Atrial fibrillation (%) | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 1.2 |
| ASA arm (%) | 50.2 | 49.7 | 49.9 | 49.9 | 50.2 | 49.0 | 50.1 | 57.0 |
| Breakfast cereal (%) | 75.6 | 72.6 | 70.8 | 69.7 | 67.5 | 69.3 | 70.0 | 68.9 |
| Eggs ≥2 per week (%) | 46.2 | 46.4 | 47.3 | 46.6 | 47.6 | 50.7 | 50.4 | 52.5 |