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. 2010 Apr 14;11:59. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-11-59

Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population

Beijing Shanghai Total population P
N (%male) 1574 (45.2) 1636 (43.5) 3210 (44.3)
Age (years) 58.3 ± 5.9 58.9 ± 6.0 58.6 ± 6.0 0.0095
BMI (kg/m2) 25.1 (22.8-27.4) 23.5 (21.3-25.9) 24.2 (22.0-26.6) < 0.0001
Current smoker (%) 499 (31.7) 403 (24.7) 902 (28.1) < 0.0001
Current drinker (%) 584 (37.1) 327 (20.0) 911 (28.4) < 0.0001
Physical activity, (MET-h/wk) 49.1 (23.1-76.4) 39.6 (23.1-65.5) 46.2 (23.1-69.3) < 0.0001
Sleep duration, hour 8.0 (7.0-8.5) 7.5 (6.5-8.0) 8.0 (7.0-8.0) < 0.0001
Self-reported sleep disorder (%) 362 (22.97) 251 (15.36) 613 (19.10) < 0.0001
Fasting glucose (mmol/l) 6.16 ± 1.96 5.53 ± 1.42 5.84 ± 1.74 < 0.0001
HbA1C (%) 6.08 ± 1.22 5.90 ± 0.96 5.99 ± 1.10 < 0.0001
HOMA-B (%) 100.1 ± 44.9 120.0 ± 46.9 110.3 ± 47.0 < 0.0001
HOMA-S (%) 64.0 (47.3-89.5) 63.5 (46.9-85.1) 63.7 (47.1-86.9) 0.05
Diabetes (%) 272 (17.3) 152 (9.3) 424 (13.2) < 0.0001
Obesity (%) 320 (20.3) 154 (9.4) 474 (14.8) < 0.0001
Hypertension (%) 978 (62.1) 803 (49.1) 1781 (55.5) < 0.0001

Data are mean ± SD, median (inter-quartile range) or n (%). P represents significance of the differences between Beijing and Shanghai subpopulations.