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. 2015 Mar 4;101(8):623–629. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-306703

Table 1.

Population (n=237 980) characteristics by stress resilience levels

High-stress (7–9)
resilience
n=56 308
Moderate-stress (4–6)
resilience
n=129 806
Low-stress (1–3)
resilience
n=51 866
p Value
Physical fitness* N (%)
7.2 (1.7)
N (%)
6.2 (1.7)
N (%)
5.5 (1.7)
<0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2), N (%) <0.001
 Underweight (<18.499) 3723 (6.6) 15 409 (11.9) 8539 (16.5)
 Normal weight (18.5–24.999) 48 639 (86.4) 104 749 (80.7) 38 916 (75.0)
 Overweight (25.0–29.999) 3619 (6.4) 8334 (6.4) 3661 (7.1)
 Obese (≥30.0) 327 (0.6) 1314 (1.0) 750 (1.4)
Cognitive function* 6.1 (1.7) 5.2 (1.8) 4.2 (2.0) <0.001
Diastolic blood pressure* (mm Hg) 71.3 (8.5) 71.7 (8.6) 72.1 (8.8) <0.001
Systolic blood pressure* (mm Hg) 127.6 (11.1) 127.7 (11.1) 127.6 (11.2) 0.026
CVD diagnosis 0.010
 Yes 1484 (2.6) 3637 (2.8) 1523 (2.9)
 No 54 824 (97.4) 126 169 (97.2) 50 343 (97.1)
Parental SEI 1960, N (%) <0.001
 Manual workers 19 111 (33.9) 55 137 (42.5) 24 636 (47.5)
 Agricultural workers 1449 (2.6) 5323 (4.1) 2461 (4.7)
 Farm owners/managers 5287 (9.4) 14 138 (10.9) 4327 (8.3)
 Office workers 20 431 (36.3) 34 147 (26.3) 11 431 (22.0)
 Business owners/managers 6958 (12.4) 13 830 (10.7) 4734 (9.2)
 Others/unknown 3072 (5.5) 7231 (5.6) 4277 (8.2)
Household crowding, 1960, N (%)
 ≤2 people/room 47 497 (84.4) 101 516 (78.2) 36 866 (71.1) <0.001
 >2 people/room 8811 (15.6) 28 290 (21.8) 15 000 (28.9)

*Mean (SD).

CVD, cardiovascular disease; SEI, socioeconomic index.