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Table 2 Demographic characteristics of newly diagnosed congenital heart disease subjects

From: The incidentally diagnosed adult congenital heart disease during routine medical health checkups in 27,897 Koreans at a single center over seven years

Numbers (Proportion, %)

Total numbers

293

Sex

 Male

106 (36.2%)

 Female

187 (63.8%)

Age (years, male: female) (proportion, %)

 20–30

5 (3:2) (1.7%)

 31–40

79 (36:63) (27.0%)

 41–50

83 (39:54) (28.3%)

 51–60

86 (39:52) (29.4%)

 61–70

33 (18:23) (11.3%)

  > 70

6 (1:5) (2.0%)

Marital status

 Married

213 (72.7%)

 Single (separated or divorced)

12 (4.1%)

 Never married

68 (23.2%)

Employment status

 Employed

197 (67.2%)

 Unemployed

96 (32.7%)

Education

  < High school

12 (4.1%)

 High school

157 (53.6%)

  > High school

124 (42.3%)

Residence area

 Urban

227 (77.5%)

 Rural

66 (22.5%)

Self-reported smoking status

 Non-smoker

125 (42.7%)

 Ex-smoker

51 (17.4%)

 Current-smoker

117 (39.9%)

Body mass index

  < 23

91 (31.1%)

 23–25

86 (29.4%)

  ≥ 25

116 (39.6%)

Hypertension

 No

159 (54.3%)

 Pre-hypertension

84 (28.7%)

 Hypertension

50 (17.1%)

  1. Pre-hypertension is defined as systolic pressure is between 120 and 129 mmHg and diastolic pressure less than 80 mmHg according to the 2017 guideline of American College of Cardiology