Table 1 General and clinical characteristics among self-declared race/color groups of patients.

Age (years)

54.7

52.9

0.001

(−2.908; −0.738)

Body mass index (kg/m²)

30.0

31.1

0.115

(−0.134; 1.224)

Men

43.1

40.6

4.02e⁻⁰⁵*

(0.477; 0.774)

Women

56.9

59.4

2.00e⁻⁰⁸*

(0.402; 0.607)

Illiterate

2.6

4.5

0.0001*

(0.069; 0.464)

Elementary school

77.0

85.4

2.00e⁰⁸*

(0.368; 0.521)

Higher education

20.4

10.1

0.0001*

(1.437; 3.363)

Yes

33.4

37.3

2.02e⁰⁵*

(0.333; 0.568)

No

66.6

62.7

3.17e⁻⁰⁷*

(0.501; 0.738)

Non-smoker

60.9

60.4

2.16e⁻⁰⁸*

(0.448; 0.669)

Former smoker

29.5

30.4

2.61e⁰⁶*

(0.382; 0.680)

Smoker

9.6

9.2

0.044*

(0.343; 0.987)

Yes

0.3

0.8

0.132**

(0.004; 1.568)

No

99.7

99.2

2.00e⁰⁸

(0.465; 0.635)

Yes

3

4.2

0.0025*

(0.104; 0.651)

No

97

95.8

2.00e⁻⁰⁸*

(0.472; 0.648)

Yes

0.9

1.1

0.257*

(0.044; 1.860)

No

99.1

98.9

2.00e⁻⁰⁸*

(0.464; 0.634)

Yes

18.1

16.1

0.050^*

(0.463; 1.000)

No

81.9

83.9

2.00e⁻⁰⁸*

(0.433; 0.609)

Yes

32.2

26.2

0.174

(0.608; 1.089)

No

67.8

73.8

2.00e⁻⁰⁸

(0.378; 0.548)

Yes

1

0.3

0.132**

(0.638; 2.780)

No

99

99.7

2.00e⁻⁰⁸*

(0.454; 0.620)

Systolic BP at study entry (mmHg)

171.3

173.6

0.011

(0.492; 3.877)

Diastolic BP at study entry (mmHg)

102.1

103.0

0.116

(−0.245; 2.230)