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. 2012 Dec 7;12:119. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-12-119

Table 1.

Characteristics of study population

  Healthy sample
Overall sample
male female male female
N
342
859
1275
1577
Age , years
46.2 ± 15.4
46.7 ± 13.8
52.5 ± 12.7
54.0 ± 14.9
BaPWV, cm/s
1339.3 ± 224.8
1294.8 ± 241.9
1524.8 ± 355.7
1578.6 ± 463.6
BMI, kg/m2
23.8 ± 2.9
22.8 ± 2.9
24.7 ± 3.2
23.9 ± 3.4
MAP, mmHg
89.8 ± 7.3
85.3 ± 8.8
97.9 ± 18.8
94.7 ± 13.3
SBP, mmHg
123.9 ± 13.2
120.6 ± 12.1
131.8 ± 17.9
130.9 ± 20.9
DBP, mmHg
74.4 ± 7.5
70.2 ± 8.4
80.9 ± 24.1
76.6 ± 10.9
Pulse pressure, mmHg
46.0 ± 7.9
45.3 ± 9.1
50.9 ± 24.9
54.5 ± 14.9
HR, beats/min
70.8 ± 9.4
71.4 ± 9.4
70.9 ± 10.2
71.6 ± 10.1
TC, mmol/L
4.57 ± 0.81
4.75 ± 0.94
4.73 ± 0.94
5.09 ± 1.06
HDL-C, mmol/L
1.37 ± 0.29
1.44 ± 0.33
1.29 ± 0.29
1.39 ± 0.33
LDL-C, mmol/L
2.67 ± 0.62
2.75 ± 0.83
2.81 ± 0.76
3.02 ± 0.91
TG, mmol/L
1.53 ± 1.04
1.31 ± 0.87
1.80 ± 1.27
1.59 ± 0.99
Fasting glucose, mmol/L
4.9 ± 0.6
4.9 ± 0.5
5.4 ± 1.4
5.4 ± 1.6
Hypertension, %
0
0
50.3
47.8
Diabetes, %
0
0
23.7
21.1
Smoking, %
0
0
50.2
3.7
Stroke, %
0
0
7.2%
6.5%
Ischemic heart disease, %
0
0
10.9
7.1
Medication
 
 
 
 
ACEIs/ARBs, %
0
0
9.9
8.9
Statins, %
0
0
6.6
4.9
CCBs, % 0 0 15.3 14.5

BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, MAP Mean arterial pressure; BaPWV Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, CCBs Calcium channel blockers, ACEIs angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, ARBs angiotensin receptor blockers, HR heart rate, TC total cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglyceride.