Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics in 80 182 Kailuan Study Participants by Tea Consumption in 2006^a

	Tea Consumption
	Never or Less Than Once/Month (n=63 611)	1 to 3 Times/Month (n=5141)	1 to 3 Times/Week (n=4099)	≥4 Times/Week (n=7331)
Sex, %
Men	76.0	82.5	85.4	90.8
Age, y	49.4±0.05	43.8±0.17	46.6±0.19	51.8±0.14
Education, %
Illiterate	8.9	7.6	8.2	13.0
Middle	75.5	48.0	51.5	54.6
College	16.6	44.3	40.2	32.3
Occupation, %
White collar	5.8	15.2	15.7	14.7
Coal miner	21.1	31.2	28.0	27.4
Other blue collar	73.0	53.6	56.3	57.6
Income level (RMB/month), %
<600	26.6	37.9	37.0	38.6
600 to 1000	61.6	37.4	38.6	37.3
1000+	11.7	24.8	24.3	23.9
Physical activity, %
Inactive	8.1	12.1	12.3	12.3
Moderate active	79.7	69.9	66.5	54.3
Active	12.1	17.9	21.0	33.1
Smoking status, %
Never	67.1	37.9	36.6	29.5
Past	4.0	8.0	8.6	9.5
Current	28.8	54.0	54.7	60.8
Alcohol drinking status, %
Never	66.8	27.4	26.7	27.0
Past	2.7	4.4	4.4	5.1
Current	30.4	68.0	68.8	67.7
Fatty liver, %
None	89.6	89.9	89.0	85.9
Mild	8.3	8.0	8.8	11.1
Severe	1.7	1.6	1.7	2.6
Blood glucose status, %
Normoglycemia	71.4	71.9	70.0	67.0
Impaired fasting blood glucose	20.2	20.8	22.0	22.0
Hyperglycemia	7.9	6.9	7.7	10.5
Blood pressure status, %
Normotensive	21.0	29.8	27.2	19.4
Prehypertension	37.5	38.0	37.5	35.0
Hypertension	41.4	32.0	35.2	45.5
C‐reactive protein,b mg/L	0.71±1.01	0.83±1.02	0.79±1.02	0.79±1.02
Body mass index, kg/m2	24.9±0.01	25.0±0.05	25.1±0.05	25.3±0.04
Waist circumference, cm	86.5±0.04	86.1±0.13	86.3±0.15	86.8±0.11

^aMeans±SEs (all such values unless otherwise indicated) adjusted for age and sex.

^bC‐reactive protein values are geometric means±SEs.