20 - 59 years (N = 492)

p-value

Male (N = 269)

Female (N = 223)

No.

Participants

%

No.

Participants

%

Age-groups a 20 - 29 years

57

21.2%

48

21.5%

30 - 39 years

19

7.1%

12

5.4%

0.73

40 - 49 years

122

45.4%

96

43.0%

50 - 59 years

71

26.4%

67

30.0%

Salt intake (g/day) b

14.0

±4.4

11.7

±3.4

<0.001

Height (cm) b

171.4

±6.0

159.2

±5.7

<0.001

Weight (kg) b

71.1

±12.8

56.1

±10.2

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/cm²) b

24.2

±4.2

22.1

±3.9

<0.001

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) b

123.4

±13.7

116.3

±13.9

<0.001

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) b

78.1

±11.0

73.3

±10.5

<0.001

Treated by antihypertensive agents (%) a

Yes

38

14.1%

13

5.8%

0.003

No

231

85.9%

210

94.2%

Treated by insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents (%) a

Yes

5

1.9%

2

0.9%

0.37

No

264

98.1%

221

99.1%

Treated by lipid-lowering agents (%) a

Yes

23

8.6%

16

7.2%

0.57

No

246

91.4%

207

92.8%

Current smoker (%) a

Yes

107

39.8%

25

11.2%

<0.001

No

162

60.2%

198

88.8%

60 - 79 years (N = 268)

Male (N = 105)

Male (N = 105)

No.

Participants

%

No.

Participants

%

p-value

Age-groups a 60 - 69 years

79

75.2%

126

77.3%

0.70

70 - 79 years

26

24.8%

37

22.7%

Salt intake (g/day) b

11.3

±3.8

10.9

±3.0

0.37

Height (cm) b

164.6

±6.2

152.1

±5.6

<0.001

Weight (kg) b

64.5

±10.6

53.9

±10.0

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/cm²) b

23.8

±3.3

23.3

±4.2

0.29

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) b

132.7

±18.0

126.0

±16.0

0.002

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) b

80.3

±11.3

74.4

±10.1

<0.001

Treated by antihypertensive agents (%) a

Yes

15

14.3%

32

19.6%

0.26

No

90

85.7%

131

80.4%

Treated by insulin or oral hypoglycemic agents (%) a

Yes

3

2.9%

9

5.5%

0.30

No

102

97.1%

154

94.5%

Treated by lipid-lowering agents (%) a

Yes

6

5.7%

24

14.7%

0.022

No

99

94.3%

139

85.3%

Current smoker (%) a

Yes

20

19.0%

4

2.5%

<0.001

No

85

81.0%

159

97.5%