Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 22, 042 Male Physicians according to categories of height.
| Categories of Height(m) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | 1.40-1.73 (n=5636) |
1.74-1.78 (n=5921) |
1.79-1.83 (n=6566) |
1.84-2.08 (n=3919) |
| Height (m) | 1.70 (0.04) | 1.77 (0.01) | 1.82 (0.01) | 1.88 (0.03) |
| Weight (kg) | 71.29 (8.45) | 77.29 (8.43) | 81.79 (9.16) | 87.91 (10.20) |
| Age (years) | 54.88 (10.35) | 54.41 (9.55) | 53.23 (9.21) | 52.10 (8.57) |
| Prevalent Atrial Fibrillation | 0.87% | 1.62% | 1.74% | 2.09% |
| Prevalent Left Ventricular Hypertrophy | 0.34% | 0.25% | 0.11% | 0.18% |
| Prevalent Valvular Heart Disease | 0.18% | 0.17% | 0.15% | 0.18% |
| Prevalent Diabetes Mellitus | 3.67% | 3.01% | 2.86% | 2.27% |
| Prevalent Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting | 0.73% | 0.54% | 0.56% | 0.54% |
| Vigorous Exercise | 67.60% | 72.06% | 74.29% | 75.81% |
| Cigarette smoker | ||||
| Never | 50.31% | 49.05% | 49.63% | 49.23% |
| Past | 39.15% | 39.38% | 39.13% | 39.94% |
| Current | 10.54% | 11.56% | 11.24% | 10.83% |
| Alcohol use | ||||
| Rarely | 22.51% | 25.51% | 25.00% | 27.23% |
| Monthly | 47.14% | 48.91% | 50.25% | 50.06% |
| Weekly | 12.91% | 11.31% | 10.34% | 9.79% |
| Daily | 17.43% | 14.27% | 14.41% | 12.92% |
| Hypertension or on hypertensive medication | 25.59% | 24.80% | 23.30% | 20.68% |
Abbreviations: Kg-kilograms, m-meters, SD-Standard deviation
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Data are presented as means (SD) or percentage