Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study population

Variable	Survival (n= 813)	All-cause mortality (n= 201)	P values*	CV mortality (n= 55)	P values†
Age, years	49 ± 11	64 ± 11	<0.001	64 ± 11	<0.001
Male gender, n (%)	433 (53)	115 (57)	0.314	29 (53)	0.939
Current smoking, n (%)	188 (23)	66 (33)	0.004	19 (35)	0.054
Body mass index, kg/m2	25 ± 4	24 ± 4	0.122	25 ± 3	0.995
Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/l	5.5 ± 1.1	5.8 ± 1.8	0.073	6.0 ± 2.6	0.239
Total cholesterol/HDL	4.1 ± 1.2	4.3 ± 1.3	0.014	4.5 ± 1.2	0.008
SBP-24h, mmHg	126 ± 17	132 ± 18	<0.001	141 ± 18	<0.001
PP-24h, mmHg	45 ± 8	50 ± 11	<0.001	53 ± 13	<0.001
SBP-C, mmHg	125 ± 23	135 ± 26	<0.001	146 ± 25	<0.001
PP-C, mmHg	39 ± 14	50 ± 19	<0.001	55 ± 22	<0.001
SBP-B, mmHg	138 ± 23	145 ± 24	<0.001	152 ± 21	<0.001
PP-B, mmHg	49 ± 16	57 ± 18	<0.001	61 ± 18	<0.001

^*: P values of all-cause mortality vs. survival;

^†: P values of CV death vs. survival.

24-h = average 24-hour measurements; B = peripheral measurements; C = central measurements; CV = cardiovascular; HDL = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; PP = pulse pressure; SBP = systolic blood pressure.