Table 5. Baseline characteristics of the participants who completed follow-up or were lost to follow-up.
| Characteristics | Completed follow-up | P-value | |
| No (n = 156) | Yes (n = 1,101) | ||
| Data are presented as means ± SD or n (%). | |||
| Age, yrs | 69.44 ± 8.53 | 69.13 ± 8.04 | 0.379 |
| Male | 69 (44.23%) | 481 (43.69%) | 0.949 |
| Prevalence of hypertension | 93 (59.62%) | 669 (60.76%) | 0.784 |
| Antihypertensive treatment in hypertensive patients | 53 (33.97%) | 333 (49.78%) | 0.345 |
| Prevalence of diabetes mellitus | 41 (26.28%) | 177 (16.08%) | 0.002 |
| Ever smoking | 41 (26.28%) | 345 (31.34%) | 0.200 |
| Ever drinking | 32 (20.51%) | 354 (32.15%) | 0.003 |
| Physical activity ≥ 1 h/day | 78 (50.00%) | 494 (44.87%) | 0.228 |