Table 1.
Basic demographic characteristics of participants by cardio-cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) status (n = 14,422)
| Variables | Total | CHD | Stroke | Total CVDs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients | Non-patients | P | Patients | Non-patients | P | Patients | Non-patients | P | ||
| Age (year)* | 53.84 ± 14.88 | 64.71 ± 12.28 | 52.96 ± 14.73 | < 0.001 | 64.52 ± 13.46 | 53.68 ± 14.85 | < 0.001 | 64.74 ± 12.23 | 52.85 ± 14.71 | < 0.001 |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Men | 5927 (41.1) | 381 (35.4) | 5546 (41.6) | < 0.001 | 95 (45.5) | 5832 (41.0) | 0.197 | 444 (37.0) | 5483 (41.5) | 0.002 |
| Women | 8495 (58.9) | 696 (64.6) | 7799 (58.4) | 114 (54.5) | 8381 (59.0) | 757 (63.0) | 7738 (58.5) | |||
| Educational level*, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Primary school or below | 5909 (41.1) | 657 (61.3) | 5252 (39.5) | < 0.001 | 93 (44.7) | 5816 (41.0) | 0.412 | 707 (59.2) | 5202 (39.4) | < 0.001 |
| Middle school | 7090 (49.3) | 337 (31.4) | 6753 (50.7) | 93 (44.7) | 6997 (49.4) | 400 (33.5) | 6690 (50.7) | |||
| College or above | 1384 (9.6) | 78 (7.3) | 1306 (9.8) | 22 (10.6) | 1362 (9.6) | 88 (7.4) | 1296 (9.8) | |||
| Marital status*, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Unmarried | 702 (4.9) | 26 (2.4) | 676 (5.1) | < 0.001 | 4 (1.9) | 698 (4.9) | 0.007 | 28 (2.3) | 674 (5.1) | < 0.001 |
| Married | 11,944 (83.1) | 807 (75.2) | 11,137 (83.7) | 167 (80.3) | 11,777 (83.1) | 905 (75.6) | 11,039 (83.9) | |||
| Divorced or widowed | 1730 (12.0) | 240 (22.4) | 1490 (11.2) | 37 (17.8) | 1693 (11.9) | 264 (22.1) | 1466 (11.1) | |||
| Smoking status*, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Never | 10,054 (70.1) | 770 (71.8) | 9284 (69.9) | < 0.001 | 148 (71.2) | 9906 (70.0) | < 0.001 | 857 (71.6) | 9197 (69.9) | < 0.001 |
| Former | 600 (4.2) | 94 (8.8) | 506 (3.8) | 19 (9.1) | 581 (4.1) | 104 (8.7) | 496 (3.8) | |||
| Current | 3696 (25.8) | 209 (19.5) | 3487 (26.3) | 41 (19.7) | 3655 (25.8) | 236 (19.7) | 3460 (26.3) | |||
| Current drinking*, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 2887 (20.1) | 157 (14.6) | 2730 (20.5) | < 0.001 | 26 (12.4) | 2861 (20.2) | 0.006 | 173 (14.4) | 2714 (20.6) | < 0.001 |
| No | 11,507 (79.9) | 918 (85.4) | 10,589 (79.5) | 183 (87.6) | 11,324 (79.8) | 1026 (85.6) | 10,481 (79.4) | |||
| Regular exercise*, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3678 (33.2) | 380 (41.4) | 3298 (32.5) | < 0.001 | 83 (59.3) | 3595 (32.9) | < 0.001 | 419 (42.5) | 3259 (32.3) | < 0.001 |
| No | 7397 (66.8) | 537 (58.6) | 6860 (67.5) | 57 (40.7) | 7340 (67.1) | 568 (57.5) | 6829 (67.7) | |||
| Obesity*, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1242 (8.6) | 130 (12.1) | 1112 (8.3) | < 0.001 | 17 (8.1) | 1225 (8.6) | 0.800 | 140 (11.7) | 1102 (8.3) | < 0.001 |
| No | 13,164 (91.4) | 946 (87.9) | 12,218 (91.7) | 192 (91.9) | 12,972 (91.4) | 1060 (88.3) | 12,104 (91.7) | |||
| Central obesity*, n (%) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 3731 (26.0) | 420 (39.1) | 3311 (24.9) | < 0.001 | 74 (35.4) | 3657 (25.8) | 0.002 | 462 (38.6) | 3269 (24.8) | < 0.001 |
| No | 10,644 (74.0) | 653 (60.9) | 9991 (75.1) | 135 (64.6) | 10,509 (74.2) | 735 (61.4) | 9909 (75.2) | |||
* The variable contained missing values.