Table 3. Characteristics of the study participants in the cross-sectional study (CSS)¹.

¹The data are expressed as the mean ± SD or n (%) according to the measurements or frequencies of the variables.

The P values in bold indicate significant differences. Abbreviations: BMI: body mass index; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; SBP: systolic blood pressure; HDLc: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; and LDLc: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

^*Drinking alcohol beverages ≥1 times/week in the past year. The fisher’s exact test was used.