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Table 1 Baseline characteristics according to systolic blood pressure categories

From: High-normal blood pressure and long-term risk of type 2 diabetes: 35-year prospective population based cohort study of men

  

Systolic blood pressure categories

 

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)

 
  1. SD = standard deviation. BMI=Body Mass Index. *P-values calculated by chi-square trend test for categorical variables and by Spearman correlation test for continuous variables.