| Characteristic |
Men (n=1998) |
Women (n=2275) |
p values |
| Age (years) |
57.41±11.57 |
55.70±11.20 |
<0.001 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
159.31±22.25 |
158.84±21.13 |
0.462 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
95.70±12.46 |
93.87±11.33 |
<0.001 |
| Waist circumference (cm) |
82.69±9.00 |
82.35±10.23 |
0.258 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) |
1.43±0.33 |
1.45±0.33 |
0.016 |
| Triglycerid (mmol/L) |
1.69±1.90 |
1.76±1.38 |
0.174 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) |
5.70±1.50 |
5.71±1.83 |
0.806 |
| Isolated systolic hypertension (%) |
22.2 |
26.3 |
0.002 |
| Isolated diastolic hypertension (%) |
9.5 |
10.5 |
0.276 |
| Systolic-diastolic hypertension (%) |
68.4 |
63.3 |
<0.001 |
