Favor

So-so

Disfavor

(Men) number (n)

1813

1585

1019

p-valuea

Number of CVD incidence

91 (5.0)

102 (6.4)

65 (6.4)

0.15

Number of Stroke incidence

81 (4.5)

76 (4.8)

53 (5.2)

0.68

Number of MI incidence

11 (0.6)

29 (1.8)

12 (1.2)

<0.01**

p-valueb

Age (year)

54.5 (11.5)

54.6 (12.1)

56.7 (12.4)

<0.01**

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

131.6 (20.6)

131.1 (21.0)

131.0 (21.0)

0.66

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

79.3 (12.3)

79.0 (12.1)

79.0 (12.6)

0.71

Total-cholesterol (mg/dl)

183.8 (34.4)

186.3 (33.7)

185.3 (34.7)

0.10

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

49.3 (13.6)

49.0 (13.6)

48.1 (13.0)

0.08

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.0 (2.9)

23.0 (2.9)

22.9 (2.9)

0.51

Current Smokers

55.8

49.2

43.4

<0.01**

Current Drinkers

78.2

75.5

70.4

<0.01**

History of hypertension

8.8

9.8

10.7

0.27

History of diabetes mellitus

1.9

2.7

3.0

0.12

History of hyperlipidemia

0.7

1.4

1.8

0.04*

Education years (over 9 years)

88.5

88.7

83.4

<0.01**

(Women) number (n)

1618

2885

2474

p-valuea

Number of CVD incidence

67 (4.1)

80 (2.8)

80 (3.2)

0.046*

Number of stroke incidence

60 (3.7)

74 (2.6)

71 (2.9)

0.09

Number of MI incidence

7 (0.4)

8 (0.2)

9 (0.4)

0.68

p-valueb

Age (year)

55.8 (11.0)

54.8 (11.0)

55.5 (11.5)

<0.01*

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

128.9 (21.5)

127.9 (20.9)

127.6 (21.0)

0.15

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

76.8 (12.3)

76.2 (12.0)

76.0 (12.1)

0.08

Total-cholesterol (mg/dl)

196.5 (34.1)

197.2 (35.5)

197.1 (34.5)

0.81

HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)

51.5 (12.0)

52.5 (12.5)

53.8 (12.7)

<0.01**

Body Mass Index (kg/m2)

23.5 (3.3)

23.1 (3.1)

23.0 (3.2)

<0.01**

Current smokers

6.9

5.1

5.0

0.01*

Current drinkers

26.9

25.6

23

0.02*

History of hypertension

12.9

11.6

12.4

0.39

History of diabetes mellitus

1.2

1.6

2.0

0.14

History of hyperlipidemia

1.5

2.3

2.1

0.16

Education years (over 9 years)

75.9

81.2

80.0

<0.01**