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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
  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 (%) | Â | Â | 0.001 | Â | Â | 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 (%) | Â | Â | 0.001 | Â | Â | 0.001 |
Normotension | 28.7 | 35.0 | Â | 51.2 | 75.7 | Â |
  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 |  |