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. 2021 Jul 7;11(7):e048734. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-048734

Table 1.

Baseline clinical characteristics of participants

Characteristics Total Gender
Female Male P value
Age (year) 58.80±8.64 58.83±8.72 58.75±8.54 0.880
Gender
 Female 1690 (54.10%) NA NA
 Male 1434 (45.90%) NA NA
BMI (kg/m2) 23.72±3.43 23.94±3.53 23.47±3.30 <0.001
HBP 0.075
 No 2283 (73.08%) 1257 (74.38%) 1026 (71.55%)
 Yes 841 (26.92%) 433 (25.62%) 408 (28.45%)
LDL-C (mmol/L) 3.14±1.00 3.24±0.98 3.02±1.01 <0.001
HDL-C (mmol/L) 1.46±0.45 1.48±0.44 1.43±0.45 <0.001
TC (mmol/L) 5.05±0.98 5.15±0.99 4.94±0.96 <0.001
Smoking status <0.001
 No 2123 (67.96%) 1628 (96.33%) 495 (34.52%)
 Ever 106 (3.39%) 6 (0.36%) 100 (6.97%)
 Current 895 (28.65%) 56 (3.31%) 839 (58.51%)
Drinking status <0.001
 No 2058 (65.88%) 1535 (90.83%) 523 (36.47%)
 Ever/current 1066 (34.12%) 155 (9.17%) 911 (63.53%)
Diabetes 0.009
 No 2713 (86.84%) 1475 (87.28%) 1238 (86.33%)
 Yes 411 (13.16%) 215 (12.72%) 196 (13.67%)
Site 0.992
 Urban 906 (29.00%) 490 (28.99%) 416 (29.01%)
 Rural 2218 (71.00%) 1200 (71.01%) 1018 (70.99%)
Stroke type 0.072
 Ischaemic stroke 37 (39.78%) 15 (37.50%) 22 (41.51%)
 Haemorrhagic stroke 25 (26.88%) 7 (17.50%) 18 (33.96%)
 Unknown 31 (33.33%) 18 (45.00%) 13 (24.53%)

BMI, body mass index; HBP, hypertension; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; NA, not applicable; TC, total cholesterol.