Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the population under study

Male sex, n (%)

1609 (72.5)

754 (72.2)

609 (73.6)

78 (69.0)

96 (69.6)

28 (71.8)

28 (77.8)

16 (80.0)

0.827

Age (years, mean ± SD)

61.8 ± 10.8

63.1±11.4 ^a

60.6±10.0 ^b

59.3±10.1^b

62.1±10.0 ^ab

60.6±11.5 ^ab

57.5±9.9 ^b

61.4±11.2^ab

<0.001

BMI (kg/m², mean ± SD)

28.0 ± 6.9

25.5±3.0 ^a

28.8 ± 3.9 ^b

28.3 ± 4.3 ^b

25.0±3.2^a

28.1±4.3 ^b

27.2±6.8 ^ab

26.0±3.9^a

0.002

Alcohol intake, n (%)

552 (24.9)

291 (27.9) ^a

186 (22.5) ^ab

30 (26.5) ^ab

19 (13.8) ^b

10 (25.6) ^ab

11 (30.6) ^ab

5 (25.0)^ab

0.008

Smoking, n (%)

869 (39.2)

418 (40.0)

311 (37.6)

48 (42.5)

49 (35.5)

17 (43.6)

18 (50.0)

8 (40.0)

0.593

Hypertension

1416 (63.8)

630 (60.3) ^a

562 (67.9) ^a

91 (80.5) ^b

77 (55.8) ^a

29 (74.4) ^ab

20 (55.6) ^a

11 (55.0)^a

<0.001

Diabetes mellitus

842 (38.0)

343 (32.9) ^a

367 (44.3) ^b

53 (46.9) ^b

52 (37.7) ^ab

14 (35.9) ^ab

9 (25.0) ^a

4 (20.0)^a

<0.001