Table 1 Characteristics of study participants according to the genetic and lifestyle risk

From: Associations of family history of hypertension, genetic, and lifestyle risks with incident hypertension

Genetic risk

Low

Intermediate

High

Overall

Lifestyle score

Ideal

Intermediate

Poor

Ideal

Intermediate

Poor

Ideal

Intermediate

Poor

Number

1252

1533

216

1066

1649

285

979

1711

310

9001

Age, years

60.2 (10.6)

60.2 (10.6)

58.3 (11.9)

57.6 (11.8)

59.4 (11.2)

57.1 (12.1)

56.3 (12.8)

58.5 (10.9)

56.1 (12.4)

57.9 (11.8)

Women, %

1072 (85.6)

1072 (85.6)

894 (58.3)

59 (27.3)

959 (90.0)

1072 (65.0)

106 (37.2)

889 (90.8)

1146 (67.0)

6318 (70.2)

SBP, mmHg

116.7 (12.7)

116.7 (12.7)

117.5 (12.5)

120.9 (11.7)

116.4 (12.9)

117.7 (12.7)

119.9 (12.0)

117.5 (12.6)

118.4 (12.4)

117.8 (12.6)

DBP, mmHg

70.1 (8.7)

71.6 (8.8)

75.1 (8.6)

70.0 (8.7)

71.6 (8.8)

73.7 (8.6)

70.7 (8.6)

71.9 (8.8)

74.6 (8.3)

71.4 (8.8)

Smoking Status, %

Never smoker

1136 (90.7)

764 (49.8)

12 (5.6)

1019 (95.6)

959 (58.2)

34 (11.9)

952 (97.2)

1021 (59.7)

37 (11.9)

5934 (65.9)

Ex-smoker

70 (5.6)

504 (32.9)

132 (61.1)

31 (2.9)

466 (28.3)

176 (61.8)

13 (1.3)

437 (25.5)

178 (57.4)

2007 (22.3)

Current smoker

46 (3.7)

265 (17.3)

72 (33.3)

16 (1.5)

224 (13.6)

75 (26.3)

14 (1.4)

253 (14.8)

95 (30.6)

1060 (11.8)

Drinking Status, %

Never drinker

1092 (87.2)

711 (46.4)

22 (10.2)

842 (79.0)

499 (30.3)

13 (4.6)

730 (74.6)

376 (22.0)

8 (2.6)

4293 (47.7)

Ex-drinker

4 (0.3)

48 (3.1)

11 (5.1)

3 (0.3)

41 (2.5)

10 (3.5)

8 (0.8)

62 (3.6)

20 (6.5)

207 (2.3)

Current drinker

156 (12.5)

774 (50.5)

183 (54.7)

221 (20.7)

1109 (67.3)

262 (91.9)

241 (24.6)

1273 (74.4)

282 (91.0)

4501 (50.0)

Moderate intensity physical activity, min/week

180.0 [129.6, 262.3]

129.6 [49.3, 203.6]

75.0 [37.2, 137.1]

171.5 [124.5, 259.1]

128.1 [52.3, 202.5]

94.3 [36.2, 138.0]

177.3 [126.0, 268.4]

132.0 [50.1, 204.6]

75.0 [32.0, 129.6]

142.5 [62.1, 229.3]

Vigorous intensity physical activity, min/week

49.3 [30.0, 120.0]

30.0 [6.0, 120.0]

30.0 [0.0, 33.1]

49.3 [30.0, 120.0]

30.0 [6.0, 120.0]

30.0 [0.0, 39.5]

42.7 [30.0, 120.0]

30.0 [4.6, 120.0]

30.0 [0.0, 33.0]

30.0 [19.3, 120.0]

BMI, kg/m2

21.6 (2.5)

22.7 (3.2)

25.2 (3.3)

21.4 (2.5)

22.7 (3.3)

25.0 (3.4)

21.6 (2.5)

22.5 (3.2)

25.3 (3.5)

22.5 (3.2)

Na/K ratio

3.7 (0.9)

4.2 (1.0)

4.7 (0.9)

3.6 (0.9)

4.2 (1.0)

4.7 (0.9)

3.6 (0.8)

4.2 (1.0)

4.7 (0.9)

4.0 (1.0)

Estimated sodium intake, g/day

9.0 (2.0)

9.6 (2.0)

10.4 (2.0)

8.9 (2.0)

9.6 (2.1)

10.3 (2.1)

8.8 (1.9)

9.5 (2.1)

10.3 (2.1)

9.4 (2.1)

Family history, %

403 (32.2)

403 (32.2)

499 (32.6)

61 (28.2)

338 (31.7)

545 (33.1)

97 (34.0)

394 (40.2)

620 (36.2)

3068 (34.1)

Education levels, %

Below high school

779 (62.2)

926 (60.4)

138 (63.9)

664 (62.3)

1045 (63.4)

182 (63.9)

597 (61.0)

1068 (62.4)

211 (68.1)

5610 (62.3)

Vocational school or junior college or technical college

337 (26.9)

370 (24.1)

37 (17.1)

318 (29.8)

389 (23.6)

58 (20.4)

298 (30.4)

432 (25.2)

64 (20.6)

2303 (25.6)

University or graduate school

119 (9.5)

230 (15.0)

41 (19.0)

75 (7.0)

209 (12.7)

43 (15.1)

77 (7.9)

195 (11.4)

33 (10.6)

1022 (11.4)

Others

17 (1.4)

7 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

9 (0.8)

6 (0.4)

2 (0.7)

7 (0.7)

16 (0.9)

2 (0.6)

66 (0.7)

Obesity, %

8 (1.1)

64 (5.1)

342 (22.3)

133 (61.6)

45 (4.2)

332 (20.1)

179 (62.8)

48 (4.9)

316 (18.5)

1650 (18.3)

High Na/K ratio

332 (26.5)

940 (61.3)

192 (88.9)

252 (23.6)

949 (57.6)

250 (87.7)

200 (20.4)

957 (55.9)

271 (87.4)

4343 (48.3)

Insufficient regular physical activity, %

239 (19.1)

771 (50.3)

170 (78.7)

219 (20.5)

852 (51.7)

221 (77.5)

210 (21.5)

874 (51.1)

241 (77.7)

3797 (42.2)

  1. Obesity is defined as BMI ≥25.0 kg/m2 based on the Western Pacific Region of World Health Organization criteria in Japanese individuals
  2. The high Na/K ratio is defined as ≥4.0
  3. Insufficient regular physical activity is defined as not meeting the American Heart Association recommendations of at least 150 min of moderate activity per week or 75 min of vigorous activity per week
  4. BMI body mass index, DBP diastolic blood pressure, Na/K ratio sodium-to-potassium ratio, SBP systolic blood pressure