Table 1.
Means or prevalence for baseline characteristics of participants in this study
| Total (n = 10,718) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline characteristics | Evacuees | Non—evacuees | pvalue*** | ||
| n | 7,446 3 | 3,272 | |||
| Age (years) | 66.3 | ±9.8** | 69.8 | ±8.8** | 0.01 |
| Sex (% women) | 56.0 | 58.8 | <0.01 | ||
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.7 | ±3.3** | 23.4 | ±3.3** | <0.01 |
| Overweight* (%) | 31.8 | 28.9 | <0.01 | ||
| Hypertension (%) | 54.5 | 57.7 | <0.01 | ||
| Diabetes Mellitus (%) | 10.7 | 9.4 | 0.04 | ||
| Current smoker (%) | 12.8 | 10.2 | <0.001 | ||
| Current drinker (%) | 23.7 | 20.5 | <0.001 | ||
*Body mass index ≥ 25.0 kg/m2; **Standard deviaion; ***Student t—tests or chi—squared tests.