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Table 1 Anthropometric, blood pressure and plasma biochemical characteristics in the population aged 20 years or above by sex and urban/rural residence in 2010

From: Dramatic escalation in metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular risk in a Chinese population experiencing rapid economic development

  

Men (1,604)

Women(1,957)

p

Age (years)

Urban

52.3 (43.9, 60.6)

50.7 (43.4, 60.6)

0.024

 

Rural

50.4 (36.4, 64.4)

49.2 (39.0, 59.5)

0.28

 

p

0.66

0.65

 

Body mass index (kg/m2)

Urban

23.4 (21.3, 25.6)

23.3 (21.4, 25.2)

0.31

 

Rural

22.9 (22.8, 22.9)

22.5 (21.2, 23.8)

0.34

 

p

0.36

0.28

 

Waist circumference (cm)

Urban

82.6 (75.4, 89.7)

78.0 (74.8, 81.3)

0.019

 

Rural

81.6 (77.6, 85.7)

78.2 (66.8, 89.7)

0.14

 

p

0.68

0.95

 

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

Urban

135 (133, 138)

128 (127, 129)

0.0025

Rural

133 (122, 144)

128 (119 137)

0.0015

 

p

0.46

0.96

 

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

Urban

82 (79, 86)

80 (79, 80)

0.024

Rural

81 (78, 85)

79 (77, 80)

0.009

 

p

0.63

0.51

 

Total cholesterol (mmol/L)

Urban

4.25 (4.01, 4.49)

4.50 (4.09, 4.50)

0.11

 

Rural

4.16 (4.07, 4.24)

4.17 (4.02, 4.32)

0.84

 

p

0.72

0.41

 

HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)

Urban

0.97 (0.77, 1.17)

1.15 (1.01, 1.28)

0.014

Rural

0.99 (0.95, 1.02)

1.08 (1.02, 1.13)

< 0.001

 

p

0.83

0.44

 

Triglyceride (mmol/L)

Urban

1.48 (1.29, 1.67)

1.19 (0.74, 1.64)

0.030

 

Rural

1.45 (1.20, 1.71)

1.16 (1.00, 1.32)

0.056

 

p

0.85

0.86

 

Fasting glucose (mmol/L)

Urban

6.41 (5.55, 7.27)

6.27 (5.72, 6.81)

0.16

Rural

5.75 (5.04, 6.47)

5.78 (4.66, 6.90)

0.79

 

p

0.085

0.19

 

Education (less than primary school education, %)

Urban

11.0 (0.0, 23.7)

19.0 (0.0, 40.9)

< 0.001

Rural

9.0 (0.0, 18.5)

30.7 (26.1, 35.3)

< 0.001

 

p

0.59

0.058

 
  1. Values were presented in mean (95% CI) for continuous variables and prevalence (95% CI) for categorical variables.