Table 1.
General characteristics of Taiwanese men
| Characteristics (n=6475) | |
| Age (year) | 31.9 (4.3) |
| Education | |
| High school or lower | 791 (12.2%) |
| College or university | 4006 (61.9%) |
| Postgraduate | 1678 (25.9%) |
| Cigarette smoking | |
| Never | 4158 (64.2%) |
| Former | 560 (8.6%) |
| Current | 1757 (27.1%) |
| Alcohol consumption | |
| Less than once/week | 5383 (83.1%) |
| 1–3 times/week | 824 (12.7%) |
| >3 times/week | 268 (4.1%) |
| Exercise | |
| <1 hour/week | 2780 (42.9%) |
| 1–2 hours/week | 2551 (39.4%) |
| >2 hours/week | 1144 (17.7%) |
| Occupational exposure | |
| Dust | 386 (6.0%) |
| Organic solvent | 583 (9.0%) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.9 (3.3) |
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 118.6 (13.1) |
| Glucose (mg/dL) | 97.8 (13.7) |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 189.9 (34.2) |
Data are presented as the mean (SD) for continuous variables and the number (percentage) for categorical variables.