Systolic blood pressure categories | ||||||
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All | <130 mm Hg | 130-139 mm Hg | 140-159 mm Hg | ≥160 mm Hg | ||
Characteristics | N = 7 333 | (n = 1278) | (n = 1315) | (n = 2623) | (n = 2117) | p-values* |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 51.6 | 51.2 | 51.3 | 51.6 | 51.9 | <0.0001 |
(2.3) | (2.3) | (2.4) | (2.3) | (2.1) | ||
Body Mass Index kg/m2, mean (SD) | 25.5 | 24.4 | 25.2 | 25.6 | 26.3 | <0.0001 |
(3.2) | (2.9) | (2.9) | (3.2) | (3.5) | ||
Obesity. BMI ≥30, % (n) | 8.1 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 8.2 | 12.6 | <0.0001 |
(597) | (43) | (73) | (214) | (267) | ||
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg, mean (SD) | 95 | 82 | 88 | 94 | 107 | <0.0001 |
(13) | (8) | (8) | (8) | (12) | ||
Hypertension treatment, % (n) | 5.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 13.8 | <0.0001 |
(396) | (9) | (9) | (85) | (293) | ||
Serum cholesterol mmol/L, mean (SD) | 6.46 | 6.22 | 6.47 | 6.47 | 6.61 | <0.0001 |
(1.15) | (1.08) | (1.10) | (1.17) | (1.18) | ||
Never smokers, % (n) | 29.5 | 27.2 | 27.1 | 29.7 | 32.0 | 0.0004 |
(2152) | (347) | (355) | (775) | (675 | ||
Former smokers, % (n) | 20.4 | 19.0 | 20.9 | 21.3 | 20.0 | 0.68 |
(1493) | (242) | (273) | (555) | (423) | ||
Current smokers, % (n) | 50.1 | 53.8 | 52.0 | 49.0 | 48.0 | 0.0004 |
(3660) | (686) | (681) | (1279) | (1014) | ||
Physically active, % (n) | 16.0 | 18.3 | 17.6 | 16.1 | 13.5 | <0.0001 |
(1156) | (232) | (228) | (414) | (282) | ||
Non-manual occupation | 27.9 | 31.2 | 29.4 | 27.8 | 25.1 | <0.0001 |
(2044) | (399) | (386) | (728) | (531) |