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. 2022 Aug 31;56(18):13200–13211. doi: 10.1021/acs.est.2c03084

Table 1. Characteristics of CKB Participants at Baseline Survey by Study Areasa.

Variables Qingdao Harbin Haikou Suzhou Liuzhou Pengzhou Maiji Huixian Tongxiang Liuyang All
N 35,500 57,548 29,686 53,269 50,174 55,677 49,884 63,353 57,701 59,897 512,689
Age (years)                      
30–49 47.7% 39.8% 40.1% 39.7% 32.9% 41.2% 50.6% 45.9% 37.8% 42.0% 41.7%
50–69 45.7% 48.0% 47.6% 53.1% 56.6% 52.5% 44.6% 47.7% 54.8% 50.5% 50.3%
>70 6.6% 12.2% 12.3% 7.2% 10.5% 6.3% 4.9% 6.4% 7.4% 7.5% 8.0%
Mean ± SD 50.8 ± 10.2 53.4 ± 11.4 53.1 ± 11.7 52.1 ± 10.3 54.2 ± 10.4 51.5 ± 10.5 49.4 ± 10.8 50.9 ± 10.4 52.8 ± 9.9 52.1 ± 10.6 52.0 ± 10.7
Sex                      
Male 43.6% 39.9% 36.2% 41.9% 38.1% 38.4% 39.9% 44.2% 41.6% 44.1% 41.0%
Female 56.4% 60.1% 63.8% 58.1% 61.9% 61.6% 60.1% 55.8% 58.4% 55.9% 59.0%
BMI (kg/m2)                      
<18.5 0.8% 2.6% 6.3% 2.6% 3.5% 4.5% 6.4% 2.6% 6.0% 8.4% 4.4%
18.5–24.9 43.6% 55.0% 64.3% 62.0% 63.9% 68.6% 72.2% 58.7% 69.7% 72.3% 63.7%
≥25 55.6% 42.3% 29.4% 35.4% 32.6% 26.8% 21.4% 38.7% 24.3% 19.3% 32.0%
Mean ± SD 25.7 ± 3.5 24.6 ± 3.4 23.3 ± 3.3 24.0 ± 3.2 23.8 ± 3.2 23.3 ± 3.2 22.7 ± 3.1 24.3 ± 3.5 22.9 ± 3.2 22.4 ± 3.1 23.7 ± 3.4
Smoking status                      
Non-smoker 65.9% 60.7% 71.9% 61.7% 64.1% 51.5% 63.1% 62.7% 61.6% 62.8% 61.9%
Occasional smoker 2.9% 6.3% 6.1% 4.6% 8.2% 8.1% 4.1% 7.6% 3.8% 4.5% 5.7%
Ex-regular smoker 7.4% 8.4% 4.4% 5.6% 6.3% 7.1% 2.8% 5.7% 7.4% 3.7% 6.0%
Current smoker 23.9% 24.6% 17.6% 28.0% 21.3% 33.3% 29.9% 24.0% 27.2% 29.0% 26.4%
Passive smoking                      
Never 38.1% 20.3% 56.6% 14.0% 19.2% 11.4% 18.1% 21.0% 43.4% 21.3% 24.5%
Former 29.2% 45.2% 8.6% 39.7% 48.0% 39.2% 26.3% 30.8% 14.9% 22.3% 31.3%
Present 32.7% 34.5% 34.8% 46.3% 32.8% 49.4% 55.6% 48.2% 41.7% 56.4% 44.2%
Drinking                      
Never 37.3% 24.3% 66.0% 59.5% 33.7% 33.4% 65.7% 19.5% 65.0% 63.7% 45.9%
Ex-regular 1.2% 1.0% 1.0% 2.2% 1.3% 3.9% 0.7% 0.5% 2.2% 3.4% 1.8%
Occasional 37.0% 41.5% 23.6% 17.1% 45.2% 31.8% 28.0% 60.6% 13.2% 17.5% 31.8%
Monthly 4.3% 9.7% 2.6% 4.3% 7.3% 6.6% 2.5% 8.7% 3.1% 4.8% 5.7%
Weekly 20.2% 23.5% 6.7% 16.9% 12.5% 24.3% 3.1% 10.7% 16.5% 10.6% 14.9%
Physical activity (MET hours/day)                      
<10 8.8% 10.4% 12.5% 4.6% 7.3% 3.6% 3.1% 10.9% 2.5% 4.1% 6.5%
10–19.9 24.9% 22.3% 27.3% 13.2% 21.3% 10.6% 7.4% 21.9% 7.4% 25.3% 17.5%
≥20 66.3% 67.3% 60.2% 82.2% 71.4% 85.8% 89.5% 67.1% 90.1% 70.6% 76.0%
Mean ± SD 18.1 ± 11.4 16.0 ± 10.9 13.6 ± 9.0 25.5 ± 15.2 16.9 ± 11.1 22.1 ± 11.8 28.5 ± 13.0 18.5 ± 15.3 30.2 ± 15.3 17.8 ± 11.4 21.1 ± 13.9
Household income (Yuan)                      
<10,000 8.3% 12.5% 21.5% 12.2% 15.1% 62.6% 78.6% 42.1% 6.7% 16.7% 28.2%
10,000-19,999 32.6% 33.3% 31.9% 14.4% 35.7% 28.3% 19.2% 43.7% 14.2% 35.3% 29.1%
20,000-34,999 42.5% 31.5% 22.1% 31.7% 30.3% 5.7% 1.9% 11.5% 41.5% 32.2% 24.7%
≥35,000 16.5% 22.7% 24.6% 41.6% 18.9% 3.4% 0.2% 2.7% 37.6% 15.9% 18.0%
Education                      
No formal school 6.4% 3.4% 12.6% 29.6% 3.3% 15.8% 48.6% 14.9% 43.0% 5.6% 18.6%
Primary School 19.2% 9.1% 19.0% 32.1% 18.3% 49.3% 26.3% 36.7% 36.2% 58.6% 32.2%
Middle School 40.7% 31.3% 29.1% 28.4% 34.4% 26.7% 16.5% 34.0% 16.7% 27.0% 28.3%
High School/above 33.7% 56.2% 39.3% 9.9% 44.0% 8.2% 8.6% 14.4% 4.1% 8.8% 21.0%
Self-rated health                      
Excellent 21.7% 30.6% 11.2% 29.0% 14.8% 6.9% 21.2% 12.4% 15.6% 12.7% 17.6%
Good 29.3% 19.1% 20.7% 32.0% 18.4% 30.6% 28.0% 31.1% 43.6% 24.1% 28.1%
Fair 43.8% 40.0% 61.4% 28.6% 56.5% 41.5% 39.2% 42.9% 36.2% 56.0% 43.9%
Poor 5.3% 10.3% 6.6% 10.4% 10.3% 20.9% 11.6% 13.6% 4.5% 7.2% 10.4%
Heating fuels                      
Always clean 4.1% 28.2% 0.1% 18.9% 13.9% 16.4% 0.1% 0.2% 0.6% 0.3% 8.6%
Unclean to clean 32.0% 62.4% 0.0% 0.7% 7.5% 2.6% 0.8% 1.1% 0.0% 5.8% 11.3%
Always unclean 59.7% 4.3% 0.1% 0.1% 8.7% 6.5% 94.2% 81.9% 0.0% 92.9% 36.2%
Never used heating 0.2% 0.0% 97.8% 79.1% 58.1% 70.3% 0.4% 2.6% 99.3% 0.5% 38.9%
Others 3.9% 5.1% 2.1% 1.3% 11.8% 4.2% 4.5% 14.2% 0.1% 0.6% 5.0%
Cooking fuels                      
Always clean 56.4% 38.7% 31.7% 15.2% 34.1% 4.6% 0.4% 0.6% 14.0% 0.5% 16.9%
Unclean to clean 22.0% 33.9% 17.8% 45.7% 42.9% 9.3% 1.0% 0.8% 14.9% 1.6% 19.0%
Always unclean 0.4% 1.3% 14.1% 14.5% 3.0% 55.5% 58.6% 63.0% 35.2% 65.4% 34.2%
Never cooked 17.2% 20.8% 31.9% 15.5% 11.8% 26.6% 37.8% 30.4% 33.7% 29.3% 25.1%
Others 3.9% 5.4% 4.5% 9.0% 8.2% 4.0% 2.1% 5.2% 2.2% 3.1% 4.8%
PM2.5 (μg/m3)                      
Mean ± SD 57.1 ± 0.9 55.3 ± 1.3 26.3 ± 0.4 57.7 ± 1.6 45.3 ± 0.9 51.4 ± 4.0 39.1 ± 2.0 70.9 ± 1.4 53.6 ± 1.1 51.3 ± 1.7 52.3 ± 10.6
O3 (ppb)                      
Mean ± SD 52.3 ± 2.4 43.3 ± 0.3 43.4 ± 1.3 59.6 ± 0.7 47.3 ± 0.7 59.7 ± 1.8 53.8 ± 0.4 60.6 ± 1.4 59.7 ± 1.0 53.0 ± 1.4 53.9 ± 6.4
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Abbreviations: BMI, Body mass index; MET-hours, metabolic equivalent task hours. Note: All variables were adjusted by the age and sex of the study population where appropriate. Two-sided P values were derived from ANOVA for continuous variables and from the Chi-square test for categorical variables, all P values were < 0.005.