Table 1.

Participant characteristics at baseline according to sex.

	Men (n = 702)	Women (n = 1467)	All (n = 2169)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Age (years)	59.8 ± 10.3	57.3 ± 9.89	58.1 ± 10.1
Body mass index (kg/m2)	23.5 ± 2.99	21.6 ± 3.15	22.2 ± 3.22
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	135 ± 17.3	125 ± 19.3	128 ± 19.1
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	82.3 ± 10.5	76.4 ± 11.1	78.3 ± 11.2
Triglycerides (mg/dL)	124 ± 86.7	90.3 ± 63.9	101 ± 73.8
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	204 ± 32.0	222 ± 37.4	216 ± 36.8
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)	121 ± 29.5	127 ± 31.7	125 ± 31.1
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol (mg/dL)	60.1 ± 14.4	73.9 ± 16.5	69.5 ± 17.1
Blood sugar (mg/dL)	94.9 ± 15.9	88.8 ± 12.8	90.8 ± 14.2
A glycated hemoglobin (%)	5.66 ± 0.55	5.59 ± 0.40	5.59 ± 0.46
Waist circumstance (cm)	85.1 ± 8.20	78.8 ± 8.91	80.8 ± 9.18
Brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity (cm/s)	1496 ± 334	1359 ± 316	1403 ± 329
Mid-regional pro-adrenomedullin (nmol/L)	0.468 ± 0.100	0.412 ± 0.082	0.430 ± 0.092
High-sensitivity C-reactive protein	0.055 ± 0.069	0.044 ± 0.064	0.047 ± 0.066

	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
Alcohol drinking
Current	524 (74.6)	745 (50.8)	1269 (58.5)
Former	11 (1.6)	18 (1.2)	29 (1.3)
Never	167 (23.8)	704 (48.0)	871 (40.2)
Smoking
Current	125 (17.8)	68 (4.6)	193 (8.9)
Former	338 (48.1)	184 (12.5)	522 (24.1)
Never	239 (34.0)	1215 (82.8)	1454 (67.0)
Drug treatment
Hypertension	181 (25.8)	174 (11.9)	355 (16.4)
Dyslipidemia	118 (16.8)	227 (15.5)	345 (15.9)
Diabetes	51 (7.3)	26 (1.8)	77 (3.6)