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Table 1 Characteristics of all participants and by ethnic groups in Xinjiang

From: Prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors and adverse risk profiles among three ethnic groups in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China

 

Total

Han

Uygur

Kazakh

 

N=11,608

N=3,717

N=4,695

N=3,196

Age (y)

51.1±10.5

51.3±10.3

51.9±11.0

49.7±10.0

Gender (female, %)

6,337 (54.6)

2,179 (58.6)

2,493 (53.1)

1,665 (52.1)

BMI (kg/m2)*

25.9±4.2

25.1±3.5

26.0±4.4

26.8±4.8

SBP (mmHg)&

134.9±22.2

132.2±21.0

132.4±19.7

141.9±25.2

DBP (mmHg)*

85.2±16.8

81.0±14.7

85.4±15.5

89.8±19.6

FBG (mmol/L)#

5.15±1.69

5.32±1.80

4.94±1.65

5.16±1.55

TG (mmol/L)$

1.27±0.82

1.39±0.84

1.39±0.78

1.01±0.37

TC (mmol/L)*

4.64±1.12

4.39±1.09

4.71±1.08

4.82±1.17

HDL-C (mmol/L)&

1.26±0.46

1.26±0.48

1.25±0.46

1.29±0.43

LDL-C (mmol/L)**

2.88±0.92

2.86±0.92

2.87±0.92

2.90±0.93

  1. SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, TC serum total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FBG fasting blood glucose.
  2. The differences between ethnic groups were performed by F-test or by χ2test.
  3. *Significantly higher for Kazakh and Uygur than Han, there were differences between the three groups. (All P < 0.001).
  4. &Significantly higher for Kazakh than Uygur and Han (P < 0.05), but there was no difference between Uygur and Han.
  5. #Significantly higher for Han than Uygur and Kazakh, there were differences between the three groups. (All P < 0.001).
  6. $Levels were log-transformed to normalize their distribution, and significantly higher for Uygur and Han than Kazakh (P < 0.001), but there was no difference between Uygur and Han.
  7. **No difference between the three groups (P > 0.05).