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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the included participants according to blood pressure status

From: Hypertension modifies the associations of body mass index and waist circumference with all-cause mortality among older Chinese: a retrospective cohort study

 

Total

Blood pressure status

P Value

Normotension

Hypertension

Number of participants, n (%)

77,295 (100.0)

35,938 (46.5)

41,357 (53.5)

 

Age(years), mean (SD)

68.2 (7.4)

67.7 (7.5)

68.6 (7.3)

 < 0.001

BMI, mean (SD)

24.2 (3.3)

23.6 (3.0)

24.8 (3.4)

 < 0.001

WC, mean (SD)

82.7 (9.6)

81.3 (9.0)

83.9 (10.0)

 < 0.001

Female, n (%)

40,619 (52.6)

18,093 (50.3)

22,526 (54.5)

 < 0.001

Married, n (%)

60,825 (78.7)

28,622 (79.6)

32,203 (77.9)

 < 0.001

Current smokers, n (%)

9603 (12.4)

4393 (12.2)

5210 (12.6)

0.118

Current drinking, n (%)

5633 (7.3)

2182 (6.1)

3451 (8.3)

 < 0.001

Regular exercise, n (%)

14,374 (18.6)

6020 (16.8)

8354 (20.2)

 < 0.001

RHR, beats/min, mean (SD)

74.3 (8.2)

74.0 (7.8)

74.6 (8.5)

 < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, SD Standard deviation, WC Waist circumference, RHR Resting heart rate