|
Baseline characteristic
|
Women (n = 21,976)
|
Men (n = 19,158)
|
|---|
| |
Initial screen only
|
Two screens
|
p
|
Initial screen only
|
Two screens
|
p
|
|---|
|
Mean age (years)
|
44.5
|
44.9
|
<0.001
|
44.3
|
44.7
|
<0.001
|
|
% current smokers
|
39.9
|
36.4
|
0.018
|
53.4
|
48.0
|
<0.001
|
|
% with SBP>140 mmHg
|
25.5
|
18.2
|
<0.001
|
33.2
|
24.8
|
<0.001
|
|
% with DBP>90 mmHg
|
15.3
|
9.4
|
*
|
23.9
|
17.0
|
*
|
|
% cholesterol > 6.5 mmol/l
|
25.5
|
22.6
|
0.019
|
36.7
|
29.8
|
<0.000
|
|
% BMI >30 kg/m
2
|
17.7
|
11.7
|
<0.000
|
15.9
|
11.9
|
0.001
|
|
% in the two most deprived groups (4 and 5)
|
43.6
|
37.3
|
<0.001**
|
42.7
|
36.8
|
<0.001**
|
- SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure
- *Significant in multiple logistic regression model excluding SBP but omitted from presented model to avoid over-adjustment, as highly correlated with SBP.
- ** Deprivation group (quintile) entered as a continuous variable.
