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. 2020 Apr 15;20:174. doi: 10.1186/s12872-020-01468-3

Table 1.

Baseline of demographic variables of participants categorized by gender and blood pressure status in men and women(N = 7119)

Variables Men(n = 3345) t/χ2 P Women (n = 3774) t/χ2 P
Normotension
(n = 2267)
Hypertension (n = 1078) Normotension
(n = 2492)
Hypertension
(n = 1282)
Age (years) 60.5 ± 9.55 63.41 ± 9.53 −8.231 0.000 58.07 ± 9.19 63.5 ± 10.39 −16.433 0.000
Educational levels
 Illiterate 311 (65.20) 166 (34.80) 8.758 0.033 1025 (60.51) 669 (39.49) 45.920 0.000
 Less than elementary school 1661 (67.91) 785 (32.09) 1267 (69.54) 555 (30.46)
 High school 197 (74.34) 68 (25.66) 142 (79.78) 36 (20.22)
 Above vocational school 98 (62.42) 59 (37.58) 58 (72.50) 22 (27.50)
Marital status
 Single 194 (56.73) 148 (43.27) 21.288 0.000 345 (53.41) 301 (46.59) 55.387 0.000
 Married 2073 (69.03) 930 (30.97) 2147 (68.64) 981 (31.36)
Place of residence
 Rural 1553 (69.77) 673 (30.23) 12.108 0.001 1591 (66.60) 798 (33.40) 0.930 0.335
 Urban 714 (63.81) 405 (36.19) 901 (65.05) 484 (34.95)
Cigarette smoking
 No 1320 (68.18) 616 (31.82) 0.395 0.821 2292 (66.36) 1162 (33.64) 2.105 0.349
 Former smoke 384 (66.90) 190 (33.10) 51 (60.71) 33 (39.29)
 Current smoke 563 (67.43) 272 (32.57) 149 (63.14) 87 (36.86)
Alcohol consumption
 No 1026 (67.37) 497 (32.63) 0.686 0.710 2172 (65.44) 1147 (34.56) 6.263 0.044
 Less than once a month 239 (69.68) 104 (30.32) 135 (74.18) 47 (25.82)
 More than once a month 1002 (67.75) 477 (32.25) 185 (67.77) 88 (32.23)
Eating habit
 ≤ 2 meals per day 32 (66.67) 16 (33.33) 3.447 0.178 35 (67.31) 17 (32.69) 0.676 0.713
 3 meals per day 1945 (68.39) 899 (31.61) 2125 (66.26) 1082 (33.74)
 ≥ 4 meals per day 290 (64.02) 163 (35.98) 332 (64.47) 183 (35.53)
Social and leisure activities
 No 1106 (67.27) 538 (32.73) 0.367 0.545 1250 (66.35) 634 (33.65) 0.169 0.681
 Yes 1161 (68.25) 540 (31.75) 1242 (65.71) 648 (34.29)
Accidental injury
 No 314 (73.02) 116 (26.98) 6.228 0.013 181 (70.7) 75 (29.30) 2.673 0.102
 Yes 1953 (67.00) 962 (33.00) 2311 (65.69) 1207 (34.31)
Physical exercises
 No physical exercise 435 (65.81) 226 (34.19) 1.471 0.479 1492 (64.73) 813 (35.27) 4.543 0.103
 Less than regular physical exercises 417 (68.47) 192 (31.53) 483 (67.74) 230 (32.26)
 Regular physical exercises 1415 (68.19) 660 (31.81) 517 (68.39) 239 (31.61)
History of cardiovascular disease
 No 2065 (68.97) 929 (31.03) 14.634 0.000 2187 (67.46) 1055 (32.54) 13.740 0.000
 Yes 206 (58.69) 145 (41.31) 314 (59.02) 218 (40.98)
Hepatitis history
 No 2170 (67.77) 1032 (32.23) 0.914 0.339 2413 (66.18) 1233 (33.82) 2.532 0.112
 Yes 102 (71.33) 41 (28.67) 93 (72.66) 35 (27.34)
Antilipidemic therapy
 No 2174 (68.13) 1017 (31.87) 4.029 0.045 2388 (67.14) 1169 (32.86) 33.645 0.000
 Yes 93 (60.39) 61 (39.61) 104 (47.93) 113 (52.07)
Antidiabetic drugs
 No 2195 (67.96) 1035 (32.04) 1.454 0.228 2395 (66.51) 1206 (33.49) 8.021 0.005
 Yes 72 (62.61) 43 (37.39) 97 (56.07) 76 (43.93)
Anti-hypertensive therapy
 No 2187 (69.49) 960 (30.51) 72.177 0.000 2386 (67.31) 1159 (32.69) 42.364 0.000
 Yes 80 (40.40) 118 (59.60) 106 (46.29) 123 (53.71)
C-reactive protein (mg/l) 5.21 ± 0.68 5.29 ± 0.85 −2.966 0.003 5.27 ± 0.81 5.37 ± 0.95 −3.648 0.000
HbA1c (%) 2.85 ± 7.4 3.46 ± 8.74 −2.110 0.035 2.12 ± 4.98 3.10 ± 7.17 −4.922 0.000
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl) 108.35 ± 32.73 113.93 ± 39.51 −4.304 0.000 108.43 ± 34.39 115.26 ± 44.62 −5.209 0.000
Low density lipoprotein (mg/dl) 111.23 ± 33.92 115.58 ± 35.82 −3.408 0.001 119.98 ± 33.79 122.7 ± 38.35 −2.239 0.025
High density lipoprotein (mg/dl) 51.22 ± 16.17 50.19 ± 16.35 1.719 0.086 52.2 ± 14.16 50.15 ± 14.4 4.205 0.000
eGFR (ml/min/1.73m2) 84.26 ± 17.04 79.00 ± 18.48 8.122 0.000 87.63 ± 17.01 80.39 ± 18.51 12.016 0.000
Body mass index (kg/m2) 22.52 ± 3.64 23.65 ± 3.69 −8.372 0.000 23.59 ± 3.89 24.67 ± 4.5 −7.653 0.000
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 119.73 ± 11.55 155.77 ± 22.4 −61.346 0.000 118.93 ± 11.82 159.23 ± 31.47 −56.586 0.000
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 71.23 ± 9.30 88.88 ± 12.55 −45.640 0.000 71.27 ± 9.05 86.79 ± 11.9 −44.687 0.000
Serum uric acid (mg/dl) 4.87 ± 1.24 5.20 ± 1.33 − 7.077 0.000 3.93 ± 1.04 4.24 ± 1.16 −8.407 0.000
Triglycerides (mg/dl) 120.58 ± 100.65 133.51 ± 111.81 −3.349 0.001 129.26 ± 82.88 154.49 ± 112.79 −7.798 0.000