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Table 1 Baseline Characteristics of hypertensive patients

From: Blood pressure predictors of stroke in rural Chinese dwellers with hypertension: a large-scale prospective cohort study

Variables

strokes

non-strokes

P-value

n

4596

501

 

Age, years, Mean (SD)

55.8(11.18)

60.4(10.99)

 

Women, n (%)

2653(57.7)

213(42.5)

< 0.001

Han ethnicity, n (%)

3691(80.3)

386(77.0)

0.835

BMI, kg/m2,Mean (SD)

23.9(3.41)

23.5(3.25)

0.011

Current smoking, n (%)

1802(39.2)

243(48.5)

< 0.001

Current drinking, n (%)

1334(29.0)

169(33.7)

0.028

Taking anti-hypertensive drugs, n (%)

1004(21.8)

187(37.3)

< 0.001

HR, beats/min, Mean (SD)

76.0(11.10)

75.6(11.32)

0.505

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

349(7.6)

52(10.4)

0.028

Lipid,mmol/L, Median (IQR)

 TC

5.16(4.52–5.82)

5.33(4.61–6.01)

0.002

 TG

1.31(0.93–1.97)

1.38(0.98–2.09)

0.091

 HDL-C

1.40(1.20–1.62)

1.42(1.20–1.64)

0.543

 LDL-C

2.72(2.27–3.20)

2.88(2.37–3.34)

0.001

BP Parameters, mmHg, Mean (SD)

 SBP

158.4(20.51)

172.0(21.77)

< 0.001

 DBP

93.6(11.69)

97.5(14.00)

< 0.001

 MAP

136.8(15.65)

147.2(17.47)

< 0.001

 PP

64.8(19.11)

74.5(18.49)

< 0.001

  1. The body mass index (BMI) is the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters. BP blood pressure, HR heart rate, BMI body mass index, IQR inter-quartile range, TC Total cholesterol, TG Triglycerides, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, PP pulse pressure, MAP mean arterial pressure