Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of the participants

Group	Number		Age# (year)	BMI# (kg/m2)	BP# (mmHg)	WHR#	Smoking (%)	Physical activity (%)
	Male	Female
A	1125	1860	54.41±7.83	25.28±3.00	138±19/83±12	0.85±0.06	23.84	78.49
B	936	1427	55.62±7.41	24.57±3.11	140±20/86±13	0.86±0.07	25.67	77.44
Total	2061	3287	55.23±7.49	24.88±3.09	139±20/85±13	0.85±0.07	24.68	78.00
P*	0.15		0.21	0.33	0.11	0.45	0.10	0.34

^#Data are expressed as xݱs

^* P value compared the data in Group A with that in Group B; Those characteristics did not show any significant differences among the three groups with all the P values >0.05