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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants for CVD and Stroke

From: Pathways leading to prevention of fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular disease: An interaction model on 15 years population-based cohort study

Characteristics

CVD

P-value

Stroke

P-value

No

N = 2754

Yes

N = 407

No

N = 3084

Yes

N = 77

Demographic Variables

      

Age (years)

48.39 (9.96)

54.77 (10.66)

0.00

49.04 (10.19)

56.08 (11.33)

0.18

Sex

  

0.01

  

0.52

 Man

1438 (52.21%)

180 (44.22%)

 

1583 (51.3%)

35 (45.5%)

 

 Woman

1316 (47.79%)

227 (55.78%)

 

1501 (48.7%)

42 (54.5%)

 

Family History of CVD

     

0.15

 Yes

152 (5.50%)

34 (8.4%)

 

179 (5.8%)

7 (9.1%)

 

 No

2602 (94.50%)

373 (91.6%)

 

2905 (94.2%)

70 (90.9%)

 

Lipids

 HDL (mg/dL)

46.88 (10.29)

46.71 (10.57)

0.76

46.85 (10.32)

47.7 (10.67)

0.85

 LDL (mg/dL)

127.66 (42.89)

135.81 (44.87)

0.00

128.67 (43.23)

130.3 (43.33)

0.74

 TG (mg/dL)

186.58 (99.77)

222.22 (117.27)

0.00

190.46 (102.34)

218.99 (119.57)

0.04

 TChol (mg/dL)

211.86 (51.37)

226.97 (55.06)

0.00

213.62 (52.06)

221.1 8 (55.36)

0.20

Anthropometric

 HC (cm)

101.99 (9.51)

102.63 (9.64)

0.20

102.03 (9.53)

103.95 (9.41)

0.08

 WC (cm)

94.52 (11.90)

97.86 (12.43)

0.00

94.87 (12.00)

98.27 (12.27)

0.19

 BMI (kg / m2)

26.82 (4.33)

27.41 (4.64)

0.01

26.87 (4.35)

28.08 (5.10)

0.04

Risky behaviour

 Depression or anxiety

1.97 (2.19)

2.44 (2.69)

0.00

2.03 (2.25)

2.44 (2.84)

0.21

 Unhealthy diet behaviour

2.12 (2.46)

1.71 (2.13)

0.00

2.08 (2.42)

1.81 (2.54)

0.36

Smoking Status

  

0.00

  

0.01

 Smoker

414 (15.03%)

81 (19.90%)

 

477 (15.5%)

18 (23.4%)

 

 Ex-Smoker

154 (5.59%)

32 (7.86%)

 

180 (5.8%)

6 (7.8%)

 

 Non-Smoker

2186 (79.37%)

294 (72.23%)

 

2427 (78. 7%)

53 (68.8%)

 

Comorbidities

 BP

  

0.46

  

0.00

  Yes

660 (24%)

179 (44%)

 

796 (25.8%)

43 (55.8%)

 

  No

2094 (76%)

228 (56%)

 

2288 (74.2%)

34 (44.2%)

 

 DM

  

0.00

  

0.60

  Yes

227 (8.2%)

97 (23.8%)

 

305 (9.9%)

19 (24.7%)

 

  No

2527 (91.8%)

310 (76.2%)

 

2779 (90.1%)

58 (75.3%)

 

Quality of life

 Environmental Health

32.76 (17.02)

39.47 (16.67)

0.00

33.37 (17.07)

43.48 (16.67)

0.00

 Social Relationship

33.92 (15.72)

36.40 (16.16)

0.00

34.12 (15.75)

38.87 (17.00)

0.01

 Mental Health

28.14 (18.62)

29.88 (19.22)

0.08

28.24 (18.66)

33.49 (19.70)

0.01

 Physical Health

34.45 (16.63)

37.00 (16.25)

0.00

34.63 (16.61)

41.00 (14.90)

0.00

Healthy lifestyle component

 Healthy diet

2.33 (3.09)

1.83 (2.41)

0.00

2.28 (3.02)

1.83 (2.70)

0.19

 Daily physical activity (METs-min/day)

910.65 (539.56)

839.50 (562.06)

0.01

904.11 (543.70)

796.63 (503.70)

0.08

  1. Abbreviations: cardiovascular disease, HDL high-density lipoproteins-cholesterol, LDL low-density lipoproteins –cholesterol, TG triglycerides, TC total cholesterol, HC hip circumference, WC Waist circumference, BMI Body mass index, BP blood pressure, DM diabetes mellitus