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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants stratified by the status of smoking and drinking in a Beijing community-dwelling population (2007–2009)

From: Relationships of drinking and smoking with peripheral arterial stiffness in Chinese community-dwelling population without symptomatic peripheral arterial disease

Characteristics

Nonsmokers (n = 1901)

Smokers (n = 723)

P valuea

Nondrinkers (n = 1821)

Drinkers (n = 803)

P valueb

Age (year)

54(40–66)

54(39–67)

0.955

58(47–68)

42(32–57)

<0.001

Males (%)

729(38.3)

629(87.0)

<0.001

607(33.3)

751(93.5)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

24.98(22.72–27.25)

25.39(23.32–27.52)

0.002

24.98(22.67–27.39)

25.39(23.46–27.18)

0.015

WC (cm)

84(77–91)

89(83–95)

<0.001

85(77–92)

87(81–93)

<0.001

Alcohol drinking (%)

391(20.6)

412(57.0)

<0.001

   

Cigarette smoking (%)

   

311(17.1)

412(51.3)

<0.001

PP (mmHg)

48(40–60)

48(40–58)

0.427

50(40–60)

46(40–54)

<0.001

FBG (mmol/L)

4.92(4.57–5.39)

4.95(4.55–5.47)

0.513

4.95(4.56–5.49)

4.90(4.59–5.25)

0.014

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.75(2.25–3.25)

2.76(2.29–3.22)

0.962

2.85(2.34–3.35)

2.54(2.11–3.01)

<0.001

HDL-c (mmol/L)

1.38(1.18–1.63)

1.26(1.06–1.48)

<0.001

1.36(1.16–1.62)

1.31(1.10–1.53)

<0.001

crPWV (m/s)

9.2(8.4–10.0)

9.8(9.1–10.9)

0.001

9.2(8.3–10.0)

9.8(9.0–10.9)

0.008

  1. Notes: a P value for difference between nonsmokers and smokers; b P value for difference between nondrinkers and drinkers
  2. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, WC Waist circumference, PP Pulse pressure, FBG Fasting blood glucose, LDL-c Low density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-c High density lipoprotein cholesterol, crPWV carotid-radial pulse wave velocity