Risk factors

Women (n = 208)

Men (n = 208)

Baseline

4 years

p^a

Baseline

4 years

p^a

Systolic BP^b (mmHg)

121.7 ± 15.5

114.5 ± 19.3

<0.001

123.6 ± 15.5

114 ± 17.7

<0.001

Diastolic BP^b (mmHg)

75.9 ± 9.4

70.7 ± 12,2

<0.001

77.0 ± 11.0

70.8 ± 11.7

<0.001

High BP^c

19.5

14.9

0.151

18.3

11.1

0.037

FG^d (mmol/L)

4.8 ± 0.7

5.0 ± 1.1

0.039

4.8 ± 0.6

5.0 ± 0.8

0.002

High FG^e

10.1

17.3

0.032

9.1

22.6

<0.001

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.5 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.4

<0.001

1.4 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.5

0.023

Low HDL-C

31.2

47.1

<0.001

21.2

28.4

0.088

TC/HDL-C

3.1 ± 1.0

3.7 ± 1.5

<0.001

3.4 ± 1.2

3.7 ± 1.6

<0.001

High TC/HDL

18.8

28.8

0.015

8.7

16.3

0.017

TG (mmol/L)

0.7 ± 0.3

0.9 ± 0.5

<0.001

0.8 ± 0.5

1.0 ± 0.7

<0.001

High TG

1.0

8.7

<0.001

3.4

12.0

<0.001

WC (cm)

87.9 ± 13.4

85.6 ± 12.9

<0.001

82.9 ± 11.0

83.7 ± 11.2

0.038

Abdominal obesity

69.2

65.9

0.463

15.9

18.8

0.436

MS (%)

11.1

18.8

0.027

6.2

9.1

0.269