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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants in the study

From: Long-term effects of PM2.5 and its components on incident hypertension among the middle-aged and elderly: a national cohort study

Characteristic

Total

(n = 7032)

Incident hypertension

P value

No

(n = 3913)

Yes

(n = 3119)

Age, median (IQR), years

56 (13)

55 (12)

58 (13)

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

Sex, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

  Male

3223 (45.83)

1723 (44.03)

1500 (48.09)

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  Female

3809 (54.17)

2190 (55.97)

1619 (51.91)

Ìý

Educational qualifications, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

  Primary school and lower

4602 (65.44)

2487 (63.56)

2115 (67.81)

Ìý

  Middle school and upper

2430 (34.56)

1426 (36.44)

1004 (32.19)

Ìý

Marital status, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

  Married

6396 (90.96)

3631 (92.79)

2765 (88.65)

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  Single/widowed/divorced

636 (9.04)

282 (7.21)

354 (11.35)

Ìý

BMI, n(%), kg/m2

ÌýÌýÌý

&±ô³Ù; 0.001

  < 18.5

438 (6.23)

280 (7.16)

158 (5.07)

Ìý

  18.5–23.9

3198 (45.48)

1949 (49.81)

1249 (40.04)

Ìý

  24-27.9

1313 (18.67)

715 (18.27)

598 (19.17)

Ìý

  ≥ 28

321 (4.56)

144 (3.68)

177 (5.68)

Ìý

  NA

1762 (25.06)

825 (21.08)

937 (30.04)

Ìý

Drinking status, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

0.031

  Never

4427 (62.95)

2516 (64.30)

1911 (61.27)

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  Former

473 (6.73)

257 (6.57)

216 (6.93)

Ìý

  Current

2132 (30.32)

1140 (29.13)

992 (31.80)

Ìý

Smoking status, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

0.031

  Never

4450 (63.28)

2521 (64.42)

1929 (61.85)

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  Former

482 (6.86)

246 (6.29)

236 (7.56)

Ìý

  Current

2100 (29.86)

1146 (29.29)

954 (30.59)

Ìý

Residence, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

0.683

  Rural

4502 (64.02)

2497 (63.81)

2005 (64.28)

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  Urban

2530 (35.98)

1416 (36.19)

1114 (35.72)

Ìý

Cooking fuel, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

0.002

  Clean

3126 (44.45)

1805 (46.13)

1321 (42.35)

Ìý

  Unclean

3862 (54.92)

2088 (53.36)

1774 (56.88)

Ìý

  NA

44 (0.63)

20 (0.51)

24 (0.77)

Ìý

Diabetes prevalence, n(%)

ÌýÌýÌý

0.002

  Yes

215 (3.06)

97 (2.48)

118 (3.78)

Ìý

  No

6757 (96.09)

3778 (96.55)

2979 (95.51)

Ìý

  NA

60 (0.85)

38 (0.97)

22 (0.71)

Ìý
  1. Notes: the bolded P < 0.05; cooking fuel was the fuel used in cooking as an indicator of indoor pollution. Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range; NA, not available