Table 1.
Characteristics of the Participants in the MJ Health Check-up Programme, Taiwan (n=446 346)
| Characteristic | Asthma (N=14 917) |
No asthma (N=43 1429) |
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| n | (%) | n | (%) | |
| Female | 6893 | (46.2) | 220 253 | (51.1) |
| College or higher education | 5726 | (38.4) | 143 649 | (33.3) |
| Married | 8659 | (58.0) | 281 011 | (65.1) |
| Current smoker | 3461 | (23.2) | 98 730 | (22.9) |
| Regular alcohol use | 1210 | (8.1) | 29 884 | (6.9) |
| Physically inactive | 7462 | (50.0) | 220 976 | (51.2) |
| Hypertension (history of hypertension+hypertensive drug use+systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg) | 3121 | (20.9) | 77 972 | (18.1) |
| Diabetes (history of diabetes+diabetes drug use+fasting blood glucose ≥126) mmol/L) | 841 | (5.6) | 21 274 | (4.9) |
| History of heart disease/heart surgery/use of heart drugs | 1045 | (7.0) | 15 044 | (3.5) |
| History of stroke | 129 | (0.9) | 2050 | (0.5) |
| Mean | (SD) | Mean | (SD) | |
| Age (years) | 41.0 | (15.6) | 40.0 | (13.4) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 23.4 | (3.8) | 23.0 | (3.6) |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.0 | (1.0) | 5.0 | (1.0) |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 3.0 | (2.4) | 3.0 | (2.6) |