Table 2 Baseline demographics of participants with and without hypertension.

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

 

Hypertension in 2009

p-value

No

Yes

2,014,901

786,252

Male

1,150,029 (57.1%)

451,155 (57.4%)

 < 0.001

Age (year)

45.3 ± 12.3

58.0 ± 12.3

 < 0.001

Age group

 < 0.001

 20–29

188,938 (9.4%)

7933 (1.0%)

 30–39

509,387 (25.3%)

53,231 (6.8%)

 40–49

584,809 (29.0%)

125,332 (15.9%)

 50–59

454,717 (22.6%)

225,815 (28.7%)

 60–69

194,226 (9.6%)

211,236 (26.9%)

 70–79

74,646 (3.7%)

141,730 (18.0%)

 80–

8,178 (0.4%)

20,975 (2.7%)

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.4 ± 3.0

25.0 ± 3.2

 < 0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

79.2 ± 8.7

84.4 ± 8.5

 < 0.001

Smoking

 < 0.001

 Never-smoker

1,162,688 (57.7%)

471,633 (60.0%)

 Ex-smoker

320,649 (15.9%)

160,060 (20.4%)

 Current-smoker

531,564 (26.4%)

154,559 (19.7%)

Alcohol consumption

 < 0.001

 Non-drinker

979,572 (48.6%)

439,033 (55.8%)

 Mild-drinker

897,378 (44.5%)

281,874 (35.9%)

 Heavy-drinker

137,951 (6.9%)

65,345 (8.3%)

Regular exercise

395,870 (19.7%)

174,428 (22.2%)

 < 0.001

Income (lowest 20%)

323,581 (16.1%)

146,472 (18.6%)

 < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus

103,078 (5.1%)

156,046 (19.9%)

 < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus stage

 < 0.001

 Non-diabetic

1,499,523 (74.4%)

403,275 (51.3%)

 Impaired fasting glucose

412,300 (20.5%)

226,931 (28.9%)

 New onset diabetes

41,823 (2.1%)

33,462 (4.3%)

 Diabetic < 5 years

30,034 (1.5%)

53,219 (6.8%)

 Diabetic ≥ 5 years

31,221 (1.6%)

69,365 (8.8%)

Glucose (mg/dL)

94.7 ± 19.2

104.7 ± 27.6

 < 0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

117.9 ± 11.3

134.4 ± 15.4

 < 0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

73.7 ± 8.0

83.1 ± 10.8

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia

288,048 (14.3%)

286,573 (36.5%)

 < 0.001

Dyslipidemia stage

 < 0.001

 Total cholesterol < 240 (mg/dL)

1,726,853 (85.7%)

499,679 (63.6%)

 Total cholesterol ≥ 240

164,478 (8.2%)

60,082 (7.6%)

 Total cholesterol ≥ 240 with medication

123,570 (6.1%)

226,491 (28.8%)

Cholesterol (mg/dL)

194.7 ± 35.5

196.1 ± 38.6

 < 0.001

High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)

55.9 ± 19.0

53.2 ± 22.0

 < 0.001

Low-density lipoprotein (mg/dL)

114.8 ± 43.5

114.0 ± 45.9

 < 0.001

Chronic kidney disease

73,291 (3.6%)

73,830 (9.4%)

 < 0.001

eGFR (mL/min/1.73m2)

90.9 ± 37.5

85.4 ± 36.3

 < 0.001

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