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. 2021 Aug 9;21:161. doi: 10.1186/s12874-021-01351-5

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study participants according to sex and age groups

Variables Total
(n = 10,368)
Men
(n = 4395)
Women
(n = 5973)
Age groups 20–39
(n = 1999)
40–59
(n = 1468)
 ≥ 60
(n = 928)
20–39
(n = 2963)
40–59
(n = 2139)
 ≥ 60
(n = 871)
Groups
 Intervention 3931 (37.9) 721 (36.1) 541 (36.9) 388 (41.8) 1135 (38.3) 796 (37.2) 350 (40.2)
 Control 6437 (62.1) 1278 (63.9) 927 (63.1) 540 (58.2) 1828 (61.7) 1343 (62.8) 521 (59.8)
Education level
 Illiterate or primary 5264 (50.8) 514(25.7) 664(45.3) 749(80.7) 896(30.2) 1601(75.1) 840(96.7)
 Secondary 3829 (37.0) 1088(54.5) 518(35.4) 112(12.1) 1658(56.0) 430(20.2) 23(2.6)
 Higher 1260 (12.2) 395(19.8) 283(19.3) 67(7.2) 708(13.8) 101(4.7) 6(0.7)
Marital status
 Married 8271 (79.8) 1236(61.8) 1447(98.6) 905(97.5) 2260(76.3) 1888(88.3) 535(61.4)
 Single 1466 (14.1) 754(37.7) 12(0.8) 6(0.6) 658(22.2) 32(1.5) 4(0.5)
 Divorced or widowed 631(6.1) 9(0.5) 9(0.6) 17(1.8) 45(1.5) 219(10.2) 332(38.1)
Occupation status
 Unemployed 6622 (63.9) 357(17.9) 250(17.0) 646(69.7) 2542(85.8) 1960(91.7) 867(99.5)
 Employed 3738 (36.1) 1640(82.1) 1215(82.9) 281(30.3) 420(14.2) 178(8.3) 4(0.5)
Current smoking
 No 8806 (86.4) 1381 (70.8) 974 (67.6) 761 (83.3) 2835 (97.3) 2016 (95.5) 839 (97.8)
 Yes 1381 (13.6) 570 (29.2) 466 (32.4) 153 (16.7) 78 (2.7) 95 (4.5) 19 (2.2)
Physical activity
 Low or moderate 7716 (75.9) 1505 (77.5) 1144 (79.6) 707 (77.3) 2162 (74.3) 1527 (72.5) 671 (78.5)
 High 2450 (24.1) 438 (22.5) 293 (20.4) 208 (22.7) 748 (25.7) 579 (27.5) 184 (21.5)
CKD
 No 8167 (81.2) 1863(98.2) 1242(88.0) 563(61.7) 2753(95.4) 1438(68.5) 308(35.9)
 Yes 1896 (18.8) 34(1.8) 170(12.0) 349(38.3) 132(4.6) 660(31.5) 551(64.1)
Obesity
 No 7779 (77) 1705 (87.3) 1206 (83.6) 773 (85.1) 2334 (81.7) 1213 (57.8) 548 (64.7)
 Yes 2329 (23) 249 (12.7) 236 (16.4) 135 (14.9) 523 (18.3) 887 (42.2) 299 (35.3)
Hypertension
 No 7819 (77.1) 1783 (92.5) 1092 (76.2) 463(50.9) 2736(94.1) 1423(67.6) 322(37.6)
 Yes 2320 (22.9) 144(7.5) 341(23.8) 447(49.1) 171(5.9) 683(32.4) 534(62.4)
Diabetes
 No 8585 (88.1) 1811(97.8) 1176(85.3) 663(73.0) 2727(97.7) 1686(82.2) 552(68.0)
 Yes 1164 (11.9) 40(2.2) 203(14.7) 234(27.0) 63(2.3) 364(17.8) 260(32.0)
CVD history
 No 9844 (94.9) 1985(99.3) 1372(93.5) 765(82.4) 2947(99.5) 2038(95.3) 737(84.6)
 Yes 524 (5.1) 14(0.7) 96(6.5) 163(17.6) 16(0.5) 101(4.7) 134(15.4)
Cancer history
 No 10,324 (99.6) 1999(100) 1461(99.5) 922(99.4) 2957(99.8) 2123(99.3) 862(99.0)
 Yes 44 (0.4 0 7 (0.5) 6(0.6) 6(0.2) 16(0.7) 9(1.0)

Data were presented as frequency (%)