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Table 1 General characteristics of participants according to sex at baseline

From: Long-term incidence of cardiovascular outcomes in the middle-aged and elderly with different patterns of physical activity: Tehran lipid and glucose study

Age groups

Male

Female

40–60

> 60

P- value

40–60

> 60

P-value

Education

  

< 0.001

  

< 0.001

 Illiterate/primary

463 (39.1)

449 (79.0)

 

1190 (66.6)

517 (96.6)

 

 Secondary/diploma

482 (40.7)

73 (12.9)

 

487 (27.3)

13 (2.4)

 

 Higher

238 (20.1)

46 (8.1)

 

110 (6.2)

5 (0.9)

 

Marital status

  

0.002

  

< 0.001

 Single

13 (1.1)

2 (0.4)

 

41 (2.3)

3 (0.6)

 

 Married

1157 (97.8)

547 (96.3)

 

1547 (86.6)

306 (57.2)

 

 Divorced/widowed

13 (1.1)

19 (3.3)

 

199 (11.1)

226 (42.2)

 

Job status

  

0.04

  

< 0.001

 Employed

1157 (97.8)

547 (96.3)

 

320 (17.9)

139 (26.0)

 

 Unemployed

26 (2.2)

21 (3.7)

 

1467 (82.1)

396 (74.0)

 

Physical activity

  

< 0.001

  

0.009

 Low

536 (47.4)

171 (35.6)

 

516 (29.8)

171 (35.6)

 

 Moderate

337 (29.8)

199 (41.5)

 

980 (56.5)

199 (41.5)

 

 High

258 (22.8)

110 (22.9)

 

238 (13.7)

110 (22.9)

 

Current smoking

  

< 0.001

  

0.09

 Yes

339 (28.7)

82 (14.4)

 

69 (3.9)

13 (2.14)

 

 No

844 (71.3)

486 (85.6)

 

1718 (96.1)

522 (97.6)

 

Family history

  

0.001

  

0.002

 Yes

156 (13.2)

41 (7.2)

 

164 (9.2)

23 (4.3)

 

 No

1027 (86.8)

527 (92.8)

 

1623 (90.8)

512 (95.7)

 
  1. Values are expressed as mean ± SD for continuous variables and n (%) for categorical variables