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. 2012 Mar 5;22(2):123–129. doi: 10.2188/jea.JE20100175

Table 1. Selected demographic characteristics of cases and controls.

  Total Men Women



Cases (2909) Controls (2947) Cases (2027) Controls (2048) Cases (882) Controls (899)
Age (years) 62.11 ± 11.72 60.35 ± 11.42*** 59.92 ± 12.05 58.37 ± 11.72*** 67.06 ± 9.05 64.60 ± 9.07***
BMI 24.68 ± 3.10 24.40 ± 2.91*** 24.68 ± 2.93 24.32 ± 2.86*** 24.70 ± 3.46 24.58 ± 3.02
Annual income            
 <10 000 yuan 1869 (64.7%) 1782 (60.6%)** 1185 (58.7%) 1161 (56.8%) 684 (78.4%) 621 (69.4%)***
 ≥10 000 yuan 1021 (35.3%) 1157 (39.4%)** 833 (41.3%) 883 (43.2%) 188 (21.6%) 274 (30.6%)***
Tobacco            
 Smokers 1694 (58.2%) 1186 (40.2%)*** 1506 (74.6%) 1112 (54.3%)*** 175 (20.0%) 73 (8.1%)***
 Nonsmokers 1215 (41.8%) 1761 (59.8%)*** 513 (25.4%) 935 (45.7%)*** 702 (80.0%) 826 (91.9%)***
Alcohol            
 Regular drinkers 1068 (37.0%) 1198 (40.8%) 988 (49.0%) 1078 (52.7%)* 80 (9.1%) 120 (13.4%)**
 Nondrinkers 1824 (62.7%) 1746 (59.2%) 1028 (51.0%) 967 (47.3%)* 796 (90.9%) 779 (86.6%)**
History of hypertension            
 Yes 1145 (39.4%) 656 (22.3%)*** 736 (36.3%) 416 (20.3%)*** 409 (46.4%) 240 (26.7%)***
 No 1764 (60.6%) 2291 (77.7%)*** 1291 (63.7%) 1632 (79.7%)*** 473 (53.6%) 659 (73.3%)***
History of diabetes            
 Yes 360 (12.4%) 87 (3.0%)*** 204 (10.1%) 56 (2.7%)*** 156 (17.7%) 31 (3.5%)***
 No 2549 (87.6%) 2860 (97.0%)*** 1832 (89.9%) 1992 (97.3%)*** 726 (82.3%) 868 (96.5%)***
Psychosocial index 0.18 (0.00, 0.72) 0.18 (0.00, 0.18)*** 0.18 (0.00, 0.72) 0.18 (0.00, 0.18)*** 0.18 (0.00, 0.72) 0.18 (0.00, 0.18)***
Physical activity            
 Moderate/strenuous 110 (3.8%) 121 (4.1%) 92 (4.5%) 98 (4.8%) 18 (2.0%) 22 (2.4%)
 None/light 2799 (96.2%) 2826 (95.9%) 1935 (95.5%) 1950 (95.2%) 864 (98.0%) 877 (97.6%)
ApoB/ApoA1 ratio 0.70 ± 0.22 0.61 ± 0.20*** 0.71 ± 0.21 0.62 ± 0.21*** 0.71 ± 0.24 0.59 ± 0.18**
Weekly servings of
​ vegetables and fruit
19.34 ± 11.63 20.54 ± 11.32*** 19.31 ± 11.69 20.41 ± 11.55** 19.42 ± 11.49 20.86 ± 10.77**

Comparison of cases and controls: *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Psychosocial index is shown as median (Q1, Q3).