Table 1 Basal characteristics of study participants.
From: Annual exposure to PM10 is related to cerebral small vessel disease in general adult population
Characteristics | n = 3257 |
|---|---|
Age, y | 56.5 (9.5) |
Sex, male | 1758 (54.0) |
Height, cm | 162.9 (8.8) |
Weight, kg | 64.4 (11.0) |
Body mass index, kg/m2 | 24.1 (3.1) |
Smoking | |
Never | 1802 (55.3) |
Former-smokers | 878 (27.0) |
Current-smokers | 577 (17.7) |
Alcohol drinking | |
Never | 1433 (44.0) |
Former-drinkers | 246 (7.6) |
Current-drinkers | 1578 (48.4) |
Blood pressure | |
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 126.1 (15.7) |
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 76.0 (10.7) |
Hypertension | 1257 (38.6) |
Diabetes mellitus | 501 (15.4) |
Dyslipidemia | 702 (21.6) |
Cerebral small vessel disease | |
Volume of white matter hyperintensity, ml | 2.72 (6.57) |
Presence of silent lacunar infarction | 273 (8.4) |
Presence of cerebral microbleeds | 135 (4.1) |
