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| Low SES | High SES | p-value | Low SES | High SES | p-value |
Age, mean (SD), years | 57.3 ± 7.7 | 57.9 ± 7.1 | <0.001 | 56.3 ± 7.5 | 56.8± 7.8 | 0.124 |
BMI, mean (SD) | 25.5 ± 4.3 | 25.0 ± 4.0 | <0.001 | 26.5 ± 4.6 | 26.1 ± 4.4 | 0.06 |
Hypertension % | 35.7 (5,305) | 21.0 (3123) | <0.001 | 29.2 (586) | 25.0 (503) | 0.981 |
Use of BP-lowering treatment % | 10.1 (1,505) | 5.9 (869) | <0.05 | 8.5 (171) | 8.0 (161) | 0.352 |
Diabetes Mellitus % | 1.5 (219) | 0.9 (128) | 0.539 | 1.9 (38) | 1.0 (20) | 0.07 |
Anti-diabetic treatment % | 0.6 (94) | 0.4 (57) | 0.854 | 1.0 (20) | 0.3 (6) | <0.05 |
Lipid-lowering treatment % | 1.4 (210) | 0.6 (96) | <0.05 | 1.1 (22) | 0.8 (16) | 0.612 |
Smoking habits |
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Never-smoker % | 27.8 (4,124) | 16.6 (2,465) | <0.001 | 24.0 (482) | 19.8 (398) | <0.05 |
Ex-smoker % | 15.8 (2,340) | 12.1 (1,793) |
| 12.9 (260) | 13.3 (268) |
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Current smoker % | 18.0 (2,672) | 9.8 (1,455) |
| 16.9 (339) | 13.0 (261) |
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Marital status |
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Married % | 38.4 (5,705) | 22.6 (3,363) | <0.001 | 31.1 (625) | 26.4 (530) | 0.771 |
unmarried/ widow % | 23.1 (3,431) | 15.8 (2,350) |
| 22.7 (456) | 19.8 (397) |
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Variables | 15.6 (2,310) | 7.8 (1,152) | <0.001 | 15.4 (310) | 12.3 (246) | 0.285 |
| 46.0 (6,826) | 30.7 (4,561) |
| 38.4 (771) | 33.9 (681) |
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