Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population gender.
| Characteristics | Female N = 16,721 |
Male N = 28,371 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y, Mean ± SD | 53.48 ± 12.98 | 54.36 ± 13.15 | < 0.01 |
| Total cholesterol, umol/L, Mean ± SD | 4.96 ± 1.74 | 5.05 ± 1.58 | < 0.01 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, Mean ± SD | 131.21 ± 21.80 | 144.42 ± 19.24 | < 0.01 |
| BaPWV, cm/s, Mean ± SD | 1344 ± 299 | 1502 ± 280 | < 0.01 |
| Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L, Mean ± SD | 5.31 ± 1.13 | 5.66 ± 1.43 | < 0.01 |
| Heart rate, bpm, Mean ± SD | 72.92 ± 7.40 | 73.12 ± 8.19 | 0.04 |
| Waist circumference, cm, Mean ± SD | 79.81 ± 8.30 | 87.85 ± 7.94 | < 0.01 |
| Alcohol consumption, n (%) | 1576 (9.5%) | 16,306 (57.5%) | < 0.01 |
| Smoking, n (%) | 197 (1.2%) | 13,796 (48.6%) | < 0.01 |
| Physical exercise, n (%) | 1776 (10.7%) | 3935 (13.9%) | < 0.01 |
| Antihypertensive therapy, n (%) | 2518 (15.1%) | 5879 (20.5%) | < 0.01 |
| Glucose-lowering treatment, n (%) | 1012 (6.0%) | 2143 (7.5%) | < 0.01 |
BaPWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, SD standard deviation.