Table 1 |
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| Demographic and clinical characteristics of enrolled subjects | ||||
| Hypertensive group | Normotensive group | |||
| Demographic characteristics | Men (n = 225) | Women (n = 277) | Men (n = 82) | Women (n = 91) |
| Age, mean±SD | 48.79 ± 7.39 | 48.26 ± 6.93 | 45.69 ± 6.58 | 46.49 ± 7.26 |
| Blood pressure, mean±SD | SBP:149.80 ± 11.13 DBP:97.74 ± 8.43 | 151.87 ± 11.13 95.76 ± 8.04 | SBP:121.15 ± 9.70 DBP:78.90 ± 8.67 | 117.10 ± 11.96 73.85 ± 9.89 |
| Educational level | ||||
| Primary school | 34 (15.1) | 139 (50.2) | 7 (8.5) | 8 (8.8) |
| High school | 149 (66.2) | 123 (44.4) | 29 (35.3) | 53 (58.2) |
| University | 42 (18.7) | 15 (5.4) | 46 (56.2) | 30 (33.0) |
| Occupational status | ||||
| Retired or unemployed | 42 (18.7) | 184 (66.4) | 36 (43.9) | 34 (37.4) |
| Professional | 147 (65.3) | 59 (21.3) | 27 (32.9) | 40 (43.9) |
| Physical labor | 36 (16.0) | 34 (12.3) | 19 (23.2) | 17 (18.7) |
| Income (RMB) | ||||
| ≤1000 | 37 (16.4) | 194 (70.0) | 8 (9.7) | 47 (51.6) |
| 1001 ~ 3000 | 129 (57.3) | 74 (26.7) | 62 (75.6) | 38 (41.8) |
| ≥3000 | 59 (26.2) | 9 (3.2) | 12 (14.6) | 6 (6.6) |
| Cigarette smoking | ||||
| Never | 85 (37.8) | 271 (97.8) | 34 (41.5) | 86 (94.5) |
| Moderate | 28 (12.4) | 6 (2.2) | 21 (25.6) | 3 (3.2) |
| Heavy | 112 (49.8) | 0 | 27 (32.9) | 2 (2.3) |
| Alcohol consumption | ||||
| Never | 106 (47.1) | 262 (94.6) | 31 (37.8) | 54 (59.3) |
| Moderate | 80 (35.6) | 14 (5.1) | 29 (35.4) | 25 (27.5) |
| Heavy | 39 (17.3) | 1 (0.4) | 22 (26.8) | 12 (13.2) |
| Tea drinking | ||||
| Never | 16 (7.1) | 48 (17.3) | 16 (19.5) | 16 (17.6) |
| Moderate | 53 (23.6) | 95 (34.3) | 24 (29.3) | 34 (37.4) |
| Heavy | 156 (69.3) | 134 (48.4) | 42 (51.2) | 41 (45.0) |
| Medication use | ||||
| ACEI/ARB | 32 (14.2) | 23 (8.3) | − | − |
| β blockers | 8 (3.6) | 9 (3.2) | − | − |
| CCB | 28 (12.4) | 37 (13.4) | − | − |
| Diuretics or others | 14 (6.2) | 17 (6.1) | − | − |
| No medication | 143 (63.6) | 191 (69) | − | − |
Data are number (%) unless indicated.
SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; ACE1/ARB, angiotensin-converting enzym 1/angiotensin receptor blocker; CCB, calcium channel blocker.
Chen et al. BMC Public Health 2012 12:364 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-364
