Table 1. Demographic factors and comorbidities (all participants, N = 49,522).
| Age (mean ± SD) | 56.9 ± 16.0 |
| Men (n, %) | 24,188 (49.2) |
| Metropolitans* (n, %) | 35,066 (70.8) |
| Elevated blood pressures# (n, %) | 12,941 (26.1) |
| Hypertension† (n, %) | 26,440 (53.4) |
| Treated with anti-hypertensive drugs (n, %) | 21,409 (43.2) |
| Active smoking (n, %) | 8,735 (17.6) |
| Active drinking (n, %) | 2,543 (5.1) |
| Overweight (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) (n, %) | 19,252 (38.9) |
| Central obesity‡ (n, %) | 18,673 (37.7) |
| Diabetes mellitus (n, %) | 10,403 (21.0) |
| Coronary artery disease (n, %) | 5,361 (10.8) |
| Prior stroke (n, %) | 1,351 (2.7) |
BMI, body-mass index; SD, standard deviation.
* Defined as participants recruited at 6 major cities in Taiwan.
# Defined as pharmacist-measured systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg during the May Measurement Month visit. † Defined as elevated pharmacist-measured blood pressures or taking anti-hypertensive drugs. ‡ Men with waist circumference ≥ 90 cm or women with waist circumference ≥ 80 cm.