Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study subjects.

Characteristic	Migrant (%)	Nonmigrant (%)
Subjects	8332	69211
Male	7190 (86.3)	26503 (38.3)
Female	1142 (13.7)	42708 (61.7)
Mean age (SD)	45.7 (13.4)	41.4 (16.3)
Education
Low	1273 (15.6)	18673 (28.0)
Intermediate	6301 (77.0)	41545 (62.4)
High	611 (7.5)	6405 (9.6)
Risk factors and chronic diseases
Smoking
Male	4014 (56.1)	11670 (44.2)
Female	107 (9.5)	454 (1.1)
Alcohol
Male	2787 (38.9)	7719 (29.3)
Female	81 (7.2)	232 (0.5)
Diabetes
Male	1080 (15.1)	1557 (5.9)
Female	115 (10.1)	2601 (6.0)
Cardiac conditions
Male	501 (7.1)	1093 (4.2)
Female	50 (4.4)	1431 (3.4)
Hypertension
Male	1029 (14.4)	1742 (6.6)
Female	186 (16.4)	5080 (12)