Table 1 Characteristics of participants in Burnie Take Heart and Cantho surveys

From: Blood pressure and body mass index: a comparison of the associations in the Caucasian and Asian populations

 

Burnie Take Heart (n=832)

Cantho (n=1978)

 

Male

Female

Male

Female

Sample size

47.1% [392]

52.9% [440]

46.1% [911]

53.9% [1067]

Age, years

 25–34

23.2% [91]

25.7% [113]

17.2% [157]

18.8% [201]

 35–44

25.8% [101]

24.4% [107]

26.9% [245]

27.4% [292]

 45–54

24.7% [97]

25.7% [113]

29.7% [270]

28.2% [301]

 >55

26.3% [103]

24.2% [106]

26.2% [239]

25.6% [273]

Education

 No formal education

0.5% [2]

0% [0]

38.0% [346]

55.7% [593]

 Primary school

7.1% [28]

5.0% [22]

27.5% [250]

21.1% [225]

 Secondary school

58.2% [228]

60.4% [265]

17.8% [162]

11.9% [127]

 High school

8.7% [34]

12.3% [54]

10.9% [99]

7.2% [77]

 Tertiary institution

25.5% [100]

22.3% [98]

5.8% [53]

4.1% [44]

Employment

 Student

0.5% [2]

0.5% [2]

0% [0]

0.1% [1]

 Employed

75.3% [295]

52.0% [229]

92.1% [839]

69.7% [743]

 Unemployed

6.4% [25]

1.6% [7]

1.9% [17]

1.7% [18]

 Home duties

2.0% [8]

38.0% [167]

0.8% [7]

25.5% [272]

 Retired

11.0% [43]

6.1% [27]

3.8% [35]

2.4% [26]

 Disabled

4.8% [19]

1.8% [8]

1.4% [12]

0.6 [6]

Body mass index (BMI)a, kg m−2

27.6 (3.9)

27.4 (5.9)

21.1 (3.0)

21.8 (3.3)

Weighta, kg

84.3 (13.2)

71.5 (15.6)

55.4 (9.2)

50.7 (8.4)

Waista, cm

95.2 (11.5)

84.2 (14.2)

75.4 (9.1)

73.5 (9.1)

Waist-hip ratioa

0.92 (0.06)

0.80 (0.05)

0.85 (0.06)

0.82 (0.06)

Total cholesterola, mmol l−1

5.55 (1.50)

5.42 (1.08)

4.47 (0.71)

4.78 (0.85)

Blood glucosea, mmol l−1

4.55 (0.61)

4.36 (0.54)

3.54 (0.85)

3.51 (0.92)

Smoker

 Never

49.1% [192]

54.2% [238]

16.4% [149]

98.2% [1047]

 Former

27.9% [109]

23.0% [101]

14.3% [130]

0.3% [3]

 Current

23.0% [90]

22.8% [100]

69.3% [631]

1.5% [16]

Drinker

 Never

13.3% [52]

29.5% [130]

13.9% [116]

90.0% [939]

 <once a week

31.4% [123]

42.1% [185]

44.7% [373]

8.8% [92]

 1–4 days a week

40.5% [159]

22.3% [98]

28.7% [239]

0.4% [4]

 5+ days a week

14.8% [58]

6.1% [27]

12.7% [106]

0.8% [3]

Physical activity b

 Active hours per week

4 (1.3, 8)

3 (1, 6.5)

11.5 (1, 36)

4.5 (0, 28)

 Total MET-hour per weekc

24 (8, 57.6)

18 (6, 40)

56 (4, 168)

18.6 (0, 112)

 Actived, %

62.76

56.15

52.75

42.21

  1. The data displayed are in percentages and numbers, unless otherwise stated.
  2. aData shown are mean (s.d.).
  3. bData shown are median (interquartile range).
  4. cTotal metabolic equivalent task unit (MET-hour) per week.
  5. dActive is defined as having at least equivalent 150 min of moderate activities per week.
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