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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2020 Jun 1;38(6):1080–1089. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002387

Table 1. Baseline characteristics of participants with and without cardio-cerebrovascular disease.

Characteristics Without cardio-cerebrovascular disease With cardio-cerebrovascular disease P value
N 30695 7894
Age (years) 49.0±10.4 56.1±10.6 <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 24.1±3,3 25.0±3.4 <0.001
Labor intensity (MET•hour/day) 18.3±11.3 14.3±10.0 <0.001
University or higher education (%) 23.3 19.8 <0.001
Married (%) 88.5 85.4 <0.001
Household income ≥ 20000 RMB (%) 54.6 52.9 <0.001
Regular drinking (%) 25.1 22.6 <0.001
Regular smoking (%) 25.1 25.3 <0.001
SBP (mmHg) 122.9±18.6 131.4±21.6 <0.001
DBP (mmHg) 76.7±11.0 79.3±12.0 <0.001
Hypertension (%) 21.0 37.1 <0.001
Diabetes (%) 6.4 12.1 <0.001
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BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

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One-way ANOVA are used for continuous variables; Chi-square tests are used for categorical variables. Values are mean ± SD, or frequency (%). A two-sided P ≤ 0.05 is considered statistically significant.