Table 1 Baseline characteristics and trends of cardiovascular risk factors in study population

Age (years)

52.15

6.21

52.34

6.20

50.54

6.05

< 0.001

Waist circumference (cm)

93.72

13.52

94.07

13.53

90.64

13.08

< 0.001

BMI (kg/m²)

28.60

5.41

28.78

5.39

27.04

5.38

< 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

133.52

16.33

133.87

16.39

130.43

15.44

< 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

82.76

9.48

82.95

9.50

81.15

9.14

< 0.001

HR (beats/min.)

71.95

8.78

72.00

8.78

71.50

8.72

< 0.001

Fasting glucose (mmol/l)

5.52

1.22

5.54

1.23

5.35

1.08

< 0.001

TC (mmol/l)

6.08

1.21

6.28

1.12

4.40

0.45

< 0.001

LDL-C (mmol/l)

3.87

1.08

4.04

1.00

2.42

0.43

< 0.001

HDL-C (mmol/l)

1.54

0.46

1.54

0.47

1.58

0.37

< 0.001

TG (mmol/l)

1.59

1.16

1.66

1.19

0.93

0.31

< 0.001

Non-HDL-C

4.54

1.21

4.74

1.11

2.83

0.48

< 0.001

TG /HDL

1.22

1.55

1.29

1.62

0.63

0.28

< 0.001

SCORE index

1.87

1.68

1.95

1.71

1.20

1.18

< 0.001

Frequencies

n

%

N

%

n

%

DM (%)

9897

10.7%

9207

11.1%

690

7.3%

< 0.001

AH (%)

50,317

54.5%

46,216

55.8%

4101

43.3%

< 0.001

Abdominal obesity (%)

40,408

43.7%

37,547

45.3%

2861

30.2%

< 0.001

Smoking (%)

21,218

23.0%

18,703

22.6%

2515

26.5%

< 0.001

MS (%)

29,094

31.5%

28,219

34.0%

875

9.2%

< 0.001

RF ≥ 3 (%)

53,971

58.4%

49,819

60.1%

4152

43.8%

< 0.001

Familial CHD (%)

24,025

26.0%

21,837

26.3%

2188

23.1%

< 0.001

Unbalanced diet (%)

56,800

61.5%

51,783

62.5%

5017

52.9%

< 0.001

Insufficient physical activity (%)

47,268

51.2%

43,074

52.0%

4194

44.2%

< 0.001

BMI < 25 (kg/m²) (%)

24,891

26.9%

21,037

25.4%

3854

40.7%

< 0.001

BMI 25–30 (kg/m²) (%)

35,589

38.5%

32,209

38.9%

3380

35.7%

< 0.001

BMI 30–40 (kg/m²) (%)

28,778

31.2%

26,776

32.3%

2002

21.1%

< 0.001

BMI > 40 (kg/m²) (%)

3115

3.4%

2871

3.5%

244

2.6%

< 0.001