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Table 1 The clinical characteristics among participants in XinJiang stratified by ethnic groups

From: Ethnic disparities in the clustering of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among the Kazakh, Uygur, Mongolian and Han populations of Xinjiang: a cross-sectional study

 

Kazakh

Uygur

Mongolian

Han

P

n=4421

n=3218

n=892

n=3884

Age (y)

46.7±11.58

51.4±13.41

47.7±11.07

45.4±12.50

<0.001

Gender (male, %)

42.4

41.9

38.0

50.2

<0.001

SBP (mmHg) *

139.1±28.13

130.0±26.04

137.6±28.44

118.9±19.27

<0.001

DBP (mmHg) *

86.9±15.24

79.4±15.00

88.2±16.52

77.4±11.23

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2) **

26.3±4.56

26.6±4.46

26.5±4.57

24.5±3.62

<0.001

TC (mmol/L) *

4.77±1.16

4.41±1.30

4.84±1.14

4.70±1.14

<0.001

TG (mmol/L) #

1.19±0.82

1.56±1.26

1.15±0.91

1.47±1.23

<0.001

LDL-c (mmol/L) *

2.97±0.99

2.48±1.12

3.06±1.17

2.50±1.13

<0.001

HDL-c (mmol/L) §

1.22±0.44

1.18±0.46

1.39±0.57

1.59±0.56

<0.001

FBG (mmol/L) **

5.45±1.35

5.54±2.44

5.73±2.45

5.25±1.99

<0.001

Smoking (%) &

16.6

15.7

27.5

36.1

<0.001

Drinking (%) &

13.7

10.6

24.0

38.3

<0.001

Overweight (%) **

66.0

70.0

67.5

52.5

<0.001

Dyslipidemia (%) *

68.6

72.1

63.1

49.0

<0.001

Diabetes (%) ##

7.3

19.6

7.5

9.1

<0.001

  1. SBP; systolic blood pressure, DBP; diastolic blood pressure, BMI; body mass index, TC; serum total cholesterol, TG; triglyceride, LDL-c; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-c; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FBG; fasting blood glucose, 2HPG; 2-hour postprandial glucose.
  2. The differences between ethnic groups were performed by F test or by χ 2 test.
  3. *; significantly higher for Kazakh and Mongolian than Uygur and Han.
  4. **; significantly higher for Kazakh, Uygur and Mongolian than Han.
  5. #; significantly higher for Uygur and Han than Kazakh and Mongolian.
  6. §; significantly lower for Uygur than Kazakh, Mongolian and Han.
  7. &; significantly lower for Uygur and Kazakh than Mongolian and Han.
  8. ##; significantly higher for Uygur than Han, Kazakh and Mongolian.