Table 1 Characteristics of the study population gender.

From: Total cholesterol, arterial stiffness, and systolic blood pressure: a mediation analysis

Characteristics

Female

N = 16,721

Male

N = 28,371

P value

Age, y, Mean ± SD

53.48 ± 12.98

54.36 ± 13.15

 < 0.01

Total cholesterol, umol/L, Mean ± SD

4.96 ± 1.74

5.05 ± 1.58

 < 0.01

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, Mean ± SD

131.21 ± 21.80

144.42 ± 19.24

 < 0.01

BaPWV, cm/s, Mean ± SD

1344 ± 299

1502 ± 280

 < 0.01

Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L, Mean ± SD

5.31 ± 1.13

5.66 ± 1.43

 < 0.01

Heart rate, bpm, Mean ± SD

72.92 ± 7.40

73.12 ± 8.19

0.04

Waist circumference, cm, Mean ± SD

79.81 ± 8.30

87.85 ± 7.94

 < 0.01

Alcohol consumption, n (%)

1576 (9.5%)

16,306 (57.5%)

 < 0.01

Smoking, n (%)

197 (1.2%)

13,796 (48.6%)

 < 0.01

Physical exercise, n (%)

1776 (10.7%)

3935 (13.9%)

 < 0.01

Antihypertensive therapy, n (%)

2518 (15.1%)

5879 (20.5%)

 < 0.01

Glucose-lowering treatment, n (%)

1012 (6.0%)

2143 (7.5%)

 < 0.01

  1. BaPWV brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity, SD standard deviation.