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31 March 2022: Database Analysis

Blood Pressure Trajectory and Its Influencing Factors in Chinese Adults: A Cohort Study with Long-Term Follow-Up

Chaoyong Yao ABCDEF* , Zhibao Wei BCD

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.934886

Med Sci Monit 2022; 28:e934886

Table 1 Characteristics of all included participants.

VariablesTotal (n=749)
Age (years), n (%)
188 (25.10)
 30–39371 (49.53)
 ≥40190 (25.37)
Gender, n (%)
 Male275 (36.72)
 Female474 (63.28)
BMI (kg/m), n (%)
 Non-overweight-obesity (653 (87.18)
 Overweight-obesity (≥24.0)96 (12.82)
Waist-hip ratio, n (%)
 Normal (male591 (78.91)
 Central obesity (male ≥0.9, female ≥0.85)158 (21.09)
Education level, n (%)
 Illiteracy304 (40.59)
 Primary school198 (26.44)
 Middle school175 (23.36)
 High school or above72 (9.61)
Smoking, n (%)
 No544 (72.63)
 Yes205 (27.37)
Alcohol consumption, n (%)
 No546 (72.90)
 Yes203 (27.10)
Region, n (%)
 East298 (39.79)
 Center328 (43.79)
 West123 (16.42)
Type of residence, n (%)
 Rural149 (19.89)
 Urban600 (80.11)
SBP trajectory groups, n (%)
 SBP-Group 1267 (35.65)
 SBP-Group 2375 (50.07)
 SBP-Group 3107 (14.29)
DBP trajectory groups, n (%)
 DBP-Group 1305 (40.72)
 DBP-Group 2366 (48.87)
 DBP-Group 378 (10.41)
BMI – body mass index; SBP – systolic blood pressure; DBP – diastolic blood pressure; SBP-Group 1 – low initial BP and slight rise; SBP-Group 2 – low initial BP and moderate rise; SBP-Group 3 – high initial BP and high rise; DBP-Group 1 – low initial BP and slight rise; DBP-Group 2 – high initial BP and slight rise; DBP-Group 3 – high initial BP and high rise.

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