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Table 1 Characteristics of family members, specified by generation and gender

From: Familial correlation and aggregation of body mass index and blood pressure in Chinese Han population

 

Fathers

Mothers

pvalue*

Sons

Daughters

pvalue#

Number of individuals

      

  Total

6369

6369

 

4132

2237

 

  18 ~ 25 years

0

0

 

2533

1717

 

  26 ~ 35 years

3

8

 

1474

469

 

  36 ~ 45 years

953

1498

 

119

48

 

  46 ~ 55 years

3578

3757

 

6

3

 

  56 ~ 65 years

1835

1106

 

0

0

 

Age (mean ± SD)

52.0 ± 6.2

49.8 ± 5.8

0.001

24.8 ± 5.0

23.0 ± 4.7

0.001

Body mass index (mean ± SD)

23.4 ± 3.3

24.2 ± 3.6

0.001

22.4 ± 3.5

21.6 ± 3.2

0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mean ± SD)

126.8 ± 19.4

126.2 ± 21.4

0.141

115.7 ± 12.1

108.1 ± 11.6

0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mean ± SD)

81.6 ± 11.7

79.8 ± 11.8

0.001

75.1 ± 9.4

70.5 ± 8.7

0.001

Highly educated (High school and above) (%)

22.2

13.6

0.001

38.0

50.4

0.001

Employed (%)

78.9

53.0

0.001

89.8

80.3

0.001

Body weight classification (%)

  

0.001

  

0.001

  Normal weight

69.8

62.6

 

79.4

87.8

 

  Overweight

27.0

30.8

 

17.5

10.1

 

  Obesity

3.2

6.6

 

3.1

2.1

 

Blood pressure classification (%)

  

0.001

  

0.001

Normotension

28.7

35.0

 

51.2

75.7

 

  Prehypertension

41.4

36.8

 

41.1

21.3

 

  Stage 1 hypertension

19.1

17.5

 

6.5

2.6

 

  Stage 2 hypertension

10.8

10.7

 

1.2

0.3

 
  1. *Compared between paired fathers and mothers; # compared between grouped sons and daughters.