Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants with and without Isolated Systolic Hypertension

Age Groups (Year)

 45–49

58 (6.78)

797 (93.22)

855 (18.45)

< 0.001

 50–54

149 (11.85)

1108 (88.15)

1257 (27.15)

 55–59

184 (15.85)

977 (84.15)

1161 (25.05)

 60–64

183 (21.73)

659 (78.27)

842 (18.17)

 65–69

158 (30.51)

361 (69.56)

519 (11.18)

Gender

 Men

299 (15.69)

1607 (84.31)

1906 (41.13)

0.862

 Women

433 (15.87)

2295 (84.13)

2728 (58.87)

Educational level

 Illiterate

117 (22.81)

396 (77.19)

513 (11.08)

< 0.001

 Primary

241 (16.45)

1224 (83.55)

1465 (31.63)

 Guidance

113 (16.24)

583 (83.76)

696 (15.03)

 Highschool

195 (13.58)

1241 (86.42)

1436 (31.01)

 College

66 (12.67)

455 (87.33)

512 (11.25)

Economic Status

 Low

287 (18.76)

1273 (81.03)

1555 (33.56)

< 0.001

 Moderate

238 (15.36)

1331 (84.67)

1549 (33.43)

 High

207 (13.31)

1360 (86.51)

1530 (33.02)

Marital status

 No

82 (17.23)

394 (82.77)

476 (10.27)

0.361

 Yes

650 (15.63)

3508 (84.37)

4158 (89.73)

Job

 Practitioner

90 (9.83)

826 (90.17)

916 (19.77)

< 0.001

 Retired

249 (19.78)

1010 (80.22)

1259 (27.17)

 Housekeeper

385 (16.11)

2005 (83.39)

2390 (51.58)

 Others

8 (11.59)

61 (88.41)

69 (1.49)

Current smoking

 No

639 (16.09)

3332 (83.91)

3971 (85.69)

0.174

 Yes

93 (14.03)

570 (85.97)

663 (14.31)

 Yes

16 (26.23)

45 (73.77)

61 (1.32)

Diabetes

 Nondiabetic

466 (13.31)

3033 (86.68)

3499 (76.15)

< 0.001

 Diabetic

259 (23.63)

837 (76.37)

1096 (23.85)

Abdominal obesity

 No

187 (13.36)

1213 (86.64)

1400 (30.25)

< 0.003

 Yes

544 (16.85)

2684 (83.15)

3228 (69.75)

Education (Year)

6.41 ± 4.73

7.47 ± 4.63

7.31 ± 4.66

< 0.001

Body Mass Index (kg/m²)

29.67 ± 4.92

28.73 ± 4.99

28.88 ± 4.99

< 0.001

Fasting Blood Sugar (mg/dL)

116.91 ± 47.30

105.34 ± 38.86

107.16 ± 40.52

< 0.001

Triglyceride (mg/dL)

192.11 ± 106.77

173.72 ± 97.08

176.62 ± 98.88

< 0.001

Total cholesterol (mg/dL)

198.52 ± 43.22

197.77 ± 42.26

197.92 ± 41.57

0.563

Glycated haemoglobin (%)

5.81 ± 1.52

5.33 ± 1.41

5.41 ± 1.44

< 0.001

Height (cm)

158.87 ± 8.86

159.71 ± 8.66

159.57 ± 8.68

< 0.01

Weight (kg)

74.73 ± 12.56

73.09 ± 12.71

73.35 ± 12.69

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

104.51 ± 10.58

101.06 ± 10.83

101.61 ± 10.86

< 0.001

Wrist circumference (cm)

17.22 ± 1.36

17.07 ± 1.33

17.09 ± 1.34

< 0.005

Hip circumference (cm)

106.05 ± 9.74

104.96 ± 9.26

105.13 ± 9.34

< 0.004

Waist to Hip Ratio

0.99 ± 0.07

0.96 ± 0.08

0.96 ± 0.7

< 0.001