Table 1.
Anthropometric characteristics of the study sample stratified by gender
| Characteristic | All (n=4052) |
Men (n=1619) |
Women (n=2433) | t | p Value |
| Age (years) | 54.85±9.30 | 55.72±9.43 | 54.27±9.17 | 4.867 | <0.001 |
| Residence | 0.015 | ||||
| Urban (n (%)) | 2067 (51.0) | 788 (48.7) | 1279 (52.6) | ||
| Rural (n (%)) | 1985 (49.0) | 831 (51.3) | 1154 (47.4) | ||
| Educational level (n (%)) | 0.011 | ||||
| Primary school and below | 1446 (35.7) | 526 (32.5) | 920 (37.8) | ||
| Junior middle school | 1696 (41.9) | 715 (44.2) | 981 (40.3) | ||
| Senior middle school | 537 (13.3) | 222 (13.7) | 315 (12.9) | ||
| College and above | 373 (9.2) | 156 (9.6) | 217 (8.9) | ||
| Blood pressure (mm Hg) | |||||
| SBP | 141.02±21.69 | 142.89±21.12 | 139.77±21.97 | 4.533 | <0.001 |
| DBP | 88.78±11.81 | 92.01±11.96 | 86.62±11.20 | 14.414 | <0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.47±3.35 | 24.83±3.34 | 24.23±3.33 | 5.642 | <0.001 |
| Neck circumference (cm) | 34.23±3.28 | 36.64±2.91 | 32.62±2.41 | 45.959 | <0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 85.60±9.25 | 88.23±8.85 | 83.84±9.10 | 15.194 | <0.001 |
| Hip circumference (cm) | 96.21±8.54 | 98.87±7.68 | 94.44±8.63 | 17.132 | <0.001 |
| TG CHOHDLLDL (mmol/L) | |||||
| TC (mmol/L) | 5.40±1.16 | 5.32±1.13 | 5.45±1.17 | −3.483 | 0.001 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 2.06±1.76 | 2.11±1.95 | 2.04±1.62 | 1.236 | 0.217 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.14±0.81 | 2.13±0.81 | 2.14±0.81 | −0.637 | 0.524 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.25±0.24 | 1.23±0.25 | 1.27±0.24 | −5.15 | <0.001 |
| FBG (mmol/L) | 5.32±1.65 | 5.28±1.63 | 5.35±1.67 | −1.392 | 0.164 |
BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides.