Aldehyde Dehydrogenase Polymorphisms and Blood Pressure Elevation in the Japanese: A Cross-Sectional and a Longitudinal Study over 20 Years in the Shimane CoHRE Study

Table 1

Demographic data of subjects with different ALDH2 genotypes.

	ALDH2 genotype		value adjusted with drinking habit	value adjusted without drinking habit
	ALDH21/1	ALDH21/2 or ALDH22/2
(M/F)	1947 (864/1083)	1255 (566/689)	n/s	n/s
Age	65.9 ± 0.2	66.7 ± 0.3	n/s	n/s
BMI	22.6 ± 0.06	22.5 ± 0.08	n/s	n/s
SBP	134.0 ± 0.6	132.2 ± 0.6	0.004	0.0002
DBP	81.6 ± 0.3	80.3 ± 0.4	0.001	8.8 × 10^−6
Daily drinker	654 (33.6%)	188 (15.0%)	2.2 × 10^−16	—

: number of individuals, M: male, F: female, and n/s: not significant.