Table 1 Demographic characteristics of Tibetan Buddhists and ordinary Tibetan residents.

N

1384

664

720

798

367

431

0.374

Age (years)

45.1 ± 15.6

43.4 ± 15.7

46.7 ± 15.3*

45.8 ± 15.4

45.5 ± 16.7

46.0 ± 14.2

0.316

Family history of hypertension (%)

4.9

5.4

4.4

8.5

13.6

4.2*

0.001

Smoking (%)

0.0

0.0

0.0

1.5

3.3

0.0*

0.000

Alcohol consumption (%)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.5

1.1

0.0*

0.018

Physically active (%)

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.9

1.4

0.5

0.001

BMI (kg/m²)

24.7 ± 4.2

24.8 ± 4.2

24.5 ± 4.2

24.4 ± 4.0

24.6 ± 4.0

24.2 ± 4.0

0.086

Overweight or obese (%)

51.4

52.6

50.3

49.3

53.7

45.6*

0.364

SBP (mmHg)

126.4 ± 24.2

128.9 ± 24.2

124.0 ± 24.1*

138.9 ± 25.7

142.4 ± 24.6

135.9 ± 26.2*

0.000

DBP (mmHg)

76.6 ± 14.7

78.9 ± 15.4

74.6 ± 13.7*

84.1 ± 15.5

87.3 ± 15.6

81.3 ± 14.8*

0.000

Pulse (beats/min)

83.4 ± 14.1

83.92 ± 14.97

83.13 ± 13.47

84.3 ± 12.4

84.34 ± 12.69

84.34 ± 12.30

0.169

TG (mmol/L)

1.12 ± 0.58

1.14 ± 0.61

1.10 ± 0.53

1.32 ± 0.77

1.34 ± 0.74

1.30 ± 0.78

0.000

TC (mmol/L)

4.40 ± 1.11

4.19 ± 1.04

4.65 ± 1.15*

4.55 ± 1.01

4.43 ± 1.08

4.63 ± 0.96

0.064

LDL-C (mmol/L)

2.53 ± 0.88

2.40 ± 0.82

2.69 ± 0.93*

2.76 ± 0.79

2.75 ± 0.80

2.77 ± 0.79

0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.27 ± 0.31

1.17 ± 0.27

1.38 ± 0.32*

1.34 ± 0.34

1.15 ± 0.26

1.45 ± 0.34*

0.006

Blood glucose (mmol/L)

5.24 ± 1.21

4.94 ± 1.20

5.51 ± 1.15*

5.63 ± 1.88

5.37 ± 2.16

5.85 ± 1.56*

0.000

Diabetes mellitus (%)

1.7

1.7

1.6

8.7

10.7

7.6

0.000