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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population according to smoking status

From: The association between smoking and blood pressure in men: a cross-sectional study

Variables

Never smokers (n = 355)

Former smokers (n = 220)

Current smokers (n = 673)

P value

Han,%

239(67.32)

154(70.00)

498(74.00)

0.07

 Age, years

45.00 ± 14.05

55.62 ± 12.56

43.77 ± 13.14

<0.001

 Height, cm

170.33 ± 6.30

169.01 ± 6.17

170.54 ± 5.93

0.005

 Weight, kg

73.74 ± 12.65

75.21 ± 11.87

73.00 ± 12.57

0.07

 BMI, kg/m2

25.39 ± 3.96

26.29 ± 3.55

25.07 ± 3.91

<0.001

BMI,%

 Lean or healthy

174(49.01)

76(34.55)

330(49.03)

0.003

 Overweight

139(39.15)

115(52.27)

268(39.82)

 Obesity

42(11.83)

29(13.18)

75(11.14)

Alcohol Drinking, %

 Never

98(27.61)

43(19.55)

109(16.20)

<0.001

 Light

173(48.73)

107(48.64)

328(48.74)

 Heavy

84(23.66)

70(31.82)

236(35.07)