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. 2021 Dec 15;24(1):18–25. doi: 10.1111/jch.14349

TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants based on IDH status by 2018 Chinese and 2017 ACC/AHA definitions

Characteristics Normotension by Chinese definition IDH by Chinese definition p value a Normotension by ACC/AHA definition IDH by ACC/AHA definition p value b p value c
Participants, No. (%) 26016 (91.7) 2359 (8.3) 12548 (63.7) 7140 (36.3)
Age, mean (SD), years 48.1±10.4 48.7±9.9 0.004 47.2±10.2 47.1±9.4 0.703 <0.001
Sex, No. (%) 0.001 <0.001 0.320
Male 13133 (50.5) 1276 (54.1) 5568 (44.4) 3778 (52.9)
Female 12883 (49.5) 1083 (45.9) 6980 (55.6) 3362 (47.1)
Ethnicity, No. (%) 0.019 <0.001 0.863
Han 0800 (80.0) 1832 (77.7) 10247 (81.7) 5583 (78.2)
Mongolian 4897 (18.8) 500 (21.2) 2151 (17.1) 1477 (20.7)
Others 319 (1.2) 27 (1.1) 150 (1.2) 80 (1.1)
Education level, No. (%) <0.001 0.043 <0.001
Primary school or below 10038 (38.6) 1006 (42.6) 4649 (37.0) 2564 (35.9)
Middle school 14562 (56.0) 1214 (51.5) 7255 (57.8) 4157 (58.2)
High school or above 1416 (5.4) 139 (5.9) 644 (5.1) 419 (5.9)
Current smoking, No. (%) 10592 (40.7) 1046 (44.3) 0.001 4684 (37.3) 3009 (42.1) <0.001 0.061
Current drinking, No. (%) 7992 (30.7) 857 (36.3) <0.001 3362 (26.8) 2352 (32.9) <0.001 0.003
Antihypertensive, No. (%) 116 (0.4) 70 (3.0) <0.001 28 (0.2) 50 (0.7) <0.001 <0.001
SBP, mean (SD), mm Hg 121.3±10.8 129.2±7.4 <0.001 114.8±9.5 120.4±6.3 <0.001 <0.001
DBP, mean (SD), mm Hg 76.1±7.5 93.2±4.7 <0.001 70.8±6.0 83.8±4.4 <0.001 <0.001
BMI, mean (SD), kg/m2 22.97±2.86 23.58±3.11 <0.001 22.71±2.81 23.24±2.89 <0.001 <0.001
Diabetes mellitus, No. (%) 72 (0.3) 8 (0.3) 0.584 34 (0.3) 14 (0.2) 0.306 0.210
History of hyperlipidemia, No. (%) 335 (1.3) 42 (1.8) 0.045 129 (1.0) 88 (1.2) 0.187 0.047
Salt intake, mean (SD), g/day 15.52±12.37 15.76±11.26 0.354 15.33±12.60 15.94±11.98 0.001 0.525

Abbreviations: ACC, American College of Cardiology; AHA, American Heart Association; BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; IDH, isolated diastolic hypertension; SBP, systolic blood pressure.

a

p value comparing those with normotension (SBP <140 mm Hg and DBP <90 mm Hg) to those with IDH (SBP <140 mm Hg and DBP ≥90 mm Hg), according to the definition of IDH by the 2018 Chinese Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Hypertension.

b

p value comparing those with normotension (SBP <130 mm Hg and DBP <80 mm Hg) to those with IDH (SBP <130 mm Hg and DBP ≥80 mm Hg), according to the definition of IDH by the 2017 ACC/AHA guideline.

c

p value comparing those with IDH by the 2018 Chinese definition vs those with IDH by the 2017 ACC/AHA definition.