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Table 1 General features of demographic, anthropometric measures, blood pressures and covariates on study participants

From: Diverse associations between adiposity and blood pressure among 80,000 multi-ethnic Chinese adults

 

Study participants (n = 80,313)

Male (n = 31,515)

Female (n = 48,798)

P value

Age, years

50.2 (11.1)

51.0 (11.4)

49.7 (10.9)

 

Age distribution (years), n (%)

   

< 0.001

30–39

14,935 (18.6)

5511 (17.5)

9424 (19.3)

 

40–49

26,031 (32.4)

9793 (31.1)

16,238 (33.3)

 

50–59

21,909 (27.3)

8271 (26.2)

13,638 (27.9)

 

60–69

12,852 (16.0)

5788 (18.4)

7064 (14.5)

 

70–79

4586 (5.7)

2152 (6.8)

2434 (5.0)

 

Anthropometric measures

    

Height, cm

158.12 (8.1)

164.54 (6.6)

153.98 (6.1)

< 0.001

Weight, kg

60.19 (10.59)

65.92 (10.56)

56.49 (8.81)

< 0.001

Height-adjusted weigh, kg

60.19 (8.50)

60.93 (9.06)

59.71 (8.08)

< 0.001

BMI, kg/m2

24.01 (3.38)

24.31 (3.33)

23.81 (3.40)

< 0.001

WC, cm

82.01 (10.18)

84.92 (9.84)

80.14 (9.95)

< 0.001

HC, cm

93.06 (7.16)

93.81 (6.88)

92.57 (7.29)

< 0.001

Waist-hip ratio

0.88 (0.07)

0.90 (0.06)

0.86 (0.07)

< 0.001

Blood pressure

    

SBP, mmHg

123.18 (17.45)

126.61 (16.75)

120.96 (17.53)

< 0.001

DBP, mmHg

78.13 (10.68)

81.17 (10.79)

76.17 (10.13)

< 0.001

Initial nine populations, n (%)

   

< 0.001

Han ethnic in Basin

37,810 (47.1)

17,075 (54.2)

20,735 (42.5)

 

Han ethnic in Yunnan

8613 (10.7)

3048 (9.7)

5565 (11.4)

 

Tibetans in Lhasa

4712 (5.9)

1825 (5.8)

2887 (5.9)

 

Tibetans in Aba-Sichuan

4363 (5.4)

1626 (5.2)

2737 (5.6)

 

Yi ethnic

5117 (6.4)

1686 (5.3)

3431 (7.0)

 

Miao ethnic

4347 (5.4)

1542 (4.9)

2805 (5.7)

 

Bai ethnic

5022 (6.3)

1452 (4.6)

3570 (7.3)

 

Bouyei ethnic

4836 (6.0)

1387 (4.4)

3449 (7.1)

 

Dong ethnic

5493 (6.8)

1874 (5.9)

3619 (7.4)

 

Meat consumption, g/week

668.64 (643.82)

787.62 (701.90)

591.79 (590.75)

< 0.001

Vegetable consumption, g/week

2164.27 (1455.92)

2199.80(1499.45)

2141.33 (1426.65)

< 0.001

Oil plant consumption, g/week

295.31 (208.83)

305.32 (214.53)

288.84 (204.82)

< 0.001

Salt consumption, g/week

46.65 (28.80)

47.20 (29.13)

46.29 (28.59)

< 0.001

Smoking

   

< 0.001

Never

60,486 (75.3)

12,440 (39.5)

48,046 (98.5)

 

Current regular

16,153 (20.1)

15,522 (49.3)

631 (1.3)

 

Ex-regular

3660 (4.6)

3546 (11.3)

114 (0.2)

 

Alcohol consumption

   

< 0.001

Non-drinker

45,261 (56.4)

10,666 (33.9)

34,595 (70.9)

 

Occasional

20,993 (26.1)

9440 (30.0)

11,553 (23.7)

 

seasonal

895 (1.1)

488 (1.5)

407 (0.8)

 

Monthly

2844 (3.5)

1931 (6.1)

913 (1.9)

 

Weekly

10,294 (12.8)

8980 (28.5)

1314 (2.7)

 

Physical activity METs/day

33.09 (17.95)

33.30 (18.27)

32.96 (17.74)

0.009

Diabetes mellitus

   

< 0.001

No

71,333 (91.7)

27,129 (89.0)

44,204 (93.5)

 

Yes

6420 (8.3)

3358 (11.0)

3062 (6.5)

 

Dyslipidemia

   

< 0.001

No

37,469 (46.7)

12,839 (40.7)

24,630 (50.5)

 

Yes

41,312 (51.4)

18,063 (57.3)

23,249 (47.6)

 

Reduced HDL-cholesterol

   

< 0.001

No

73,852 (92.0)

27,275 (86.5)

46,577 (95.4)

 

Yes

6461 (8.0)

4240 (13.5)

2221 (4.6)