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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Hypertens. 2011 Jun 9;24(9):1035–1040. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2011.97

Table 1.

Basic characteristics of the GenSalt participants (active and inactive groups).

Active Inactive
N* 1453 1689
Male % 53.6 49.2
Age 50.1 ± 16.8 50.0 ± 16.7
BMI* 22.8 ± 3.1 23.3 ± 3.3
SBP* 122.8 ± 20.4 126.1 ± 21.2
DBP (mmhg)* 73.0 ± 10.4 75.2 ± 11.1
MET* 73.1 ± 20.0 42.5 ± 10.0
Smoke % 16.3 18.2
Alcohol % 13.0 13.8
*

p<0.0001 for comparisons between physically active and inactive groups

BMI: Body mass index

SBP: Systolic blood pressure

DBP: Diastolic blood pressure

MET: Metabolic equivalent score