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Table 1 Baseline characteristics by sex

From: Association of blood glucose level and hypertension in Elderly Chinese Subjects: a community based study

Parameters

Men

Women

P value

Number

971

1121

 

Age(y)

72.8 ± 6.4

73.6 ± 7.0

0.027

Current smoker n (%)

215(22.1 %)

27(2.4 %)

0.000

Alcohol consumption n (%)

143(14.7 %)

17(1.5 %)

0.000

T2DM n (%)

224(23.1 %)

266(23.7)

0.381

IFG n (%)

142(14.6 %)

167(14.9 %)

0.455

Hypertension n (%)

440(45.3 %)

544(48.5 %)

0.077

High-normal BP n (%)

427(44.0 %)

489(43.6 %)

0.453

BMI(kg/m2)

23.7 ± 3.3

23.9 ± 3.8

0.316

WC(cm)

87.9 ± 9.1

85.4 ± 10.3

0.000

SBP (mmHg)

133.7 ± 16.1

135.4 ± 15.8

0.013

DBP (mmHg)

78.6 ± 8.9

77.4 ± 8.6

0.002

FPG (mmol/L, Mean)

6.2 ± 1.6

6.3 ± 1.8

0.268

FPG (mmol/L, Median) a

5.45

5.51

0.268

TG (mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.9

1.6 ± 0.9

0.000

TC (mmol/L)

5.2 ± 1.0

5.8 ± 1.0

0.000

  1. Categorical data were described as n (%) and continuous data were described as means ± SD
  2. BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TG triglyceride, TC total cholesterol
  3. aThe median of FPG in subjects with normal fasting glucose level (<6.1 mmol/L)
  4. P values < 0.05 were considered significant