Table 1 Baseline demographics of participants with and without SCA.

From: Temporal elevation of blood pressure is associated with increased risk of sudden cardiac arrest

 

Sudden cardiac arrest

p-value

No

Yes

n

2,793,053

8100

 

Age (year)

48.9 ± 13.5

63.1 ± 13.0

 < 0.001

Male

1,595,232 (57.1%)

5952 (73.5%)

 < 0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.8 ± 3.2

23.8 ± 3.5

0.369

Waist circumference (cm)

80.6 ± 9.0

83.5 ± 8.8

 < 0.001

Smoking

 < 0.001

 Never-smoker

1,630,486 (58.4%)

3835 (47.4%)

 Ex-smoker

478,873 (17.2%)

1836 (22.7%)

 Current-smoker

683,694 (24.5%)

2429 (30.0%)

Alcohol consumption

 < 0.001

 Non-drinker

1,413,877 (50.6%)

4728 (58.4%)

 Mild-drinker

1,176,540 (42.1%)

2712 (33.5%)

 Heavy-drinker

202,636 (7.3%)

660 (8.2%)

Regular exercise

568,639 (20.4%)

1659 (20.5%)

0.785

Income (lowest 20%)

468,481 (16.8%)

1572 (19.4%)

 < 0.001

Hypertension

781,544 (28.0%)

4708 (58.1%)

 < 0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

122.5 ± 14.6

128.8 ± 16.5

 < 0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

76.4 ± 9.8

78.5 ± 10.7

 < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus

257,011 (9.2%)

2113 (26.1%)

 < 0.001

Glucose (mg/dL)

97.5 ± 22.3

108.6 ± 38.5

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia

572,161 (20.5%)

2460 (30.4%)

 < 0.001

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

195.1 ± 36.4

192.3 ± 41.6

 < 0.001

High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)

55.2 ± 19.9

52.0 ± 18.0

 < 0.001

Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)

114.6 ± 44.1

112.7 ± 48.5

 < 0.001

Chronic kidney disease

145,927 (5.2%)

1194 (14.7%)

 < 0.001

eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2)

89.4 ± 37.3

82.1 ± 32.6

 < 0.001

  1. eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, SCA sudden cardiac arrest.