Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
| Characteristic | Kazakh | Uyghur | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | Male | Female | Total | |
| n | 433 | 570 | 1003 | 610 | 567 | 1177 | 1043 | 1137 | 2180 |
| Age (years) * | 43.47 | 41.20 | 42.18 | 49.56 | 46.47 | 48.07 | 47.03 | 43.83 | 45.36 |
| (12.26) | (10.58) | (11.39) | (15.47) | (14.72) | (15.18) | (14.53) | (13.08) | (13.88) | |
| Hcy (μmol /L) & | 15.99 | 11.63 | 13.34 | 15.71 | 11.91 | 13.75 | 15.83 | 11.77 | 13.56 |
| (10.92~23.42) | (8.57~15.76) | (9.17~19.40) | (10.24~24.11) | (7.92~17.93) | (8.85~21.37) | (10.51~23.83) | (8.21~16.87) | (8.89~20.47) | |
| SBP (mmHg) * | 136.47 | 128.93 | 132.18 | 130.84 | 122.60 | 126.87 | 133.18 | 125.77 | 129.31 |
| (23.60) | (20.99) | (22.46) | (19.77) | (21.64) | (21.09) | (21.61) | (21.54) | (21.88) | |
| DBP (mmHg) * | 86.34 | 82.76 | 84.30 | 80.27 | 75.72 | 78.08 | 82.79 | 79.25 | 80.94 |
| (14.11) | (13.32) | (13.77) | (12.69) | (13.50) | (13.28) | (13.63) | (13.86) | (13.86) | |
| Hypertension ** | 202 | 200 | 402 | 246 | 163 | 409 | 448 | 363 | 811 |
| (46.65) | (35.09) | (40.08) | (40.33) | (28.75) | (34.75) | (42.95) | (31.93) | (37.20) | |
Notes: SD means standard deviation. GM represents geometric mean, CI depicts confidence interval * =Data are expressed as means (SD). ** =Data are expressed as n (%). & =Data are expressed as GM (95% CI).