Gene Variation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Aminopeptidases 1 and 2, and Risk of Blood Pressure Progression and Incident Hypertension among 17,255 Initially Healthy Women
Table 1
Baseline characteristics of the study population.
Variable
Age, years
52.00 [48.00, 57.00]
Body-mass index, kg/m2
24.21 [22.05, 27.40]
Smoking status, %
Current
11.88
Past
37.24
Never
50.88
History of diabetes, %
1.29
History of hyperlipidemia ≥240 mg/dL, %
24.98
Exercise, times/week, %
Rarely/never
35.19
<1
19.80
1 to 3
33.11
>3
11.89
Alcohol use, %
Rarely/never
41.41
Monthly
13.45
Weekly
34.42
Daily
10.71
Highest education level, %
Less than a Bachelor’s degree
53.67
Bachelor’s degree
24.97
Master’s or doctoral degree
21.37
Aspirin use, %
49.71
Beta-carotene use, %
49.92
Vitamin-E use, %
50.38
Current hormone use, %
43.32
Baseline BP category, %
<120/75 mmHg
44.76
120–129/75–84 mmHg
39.14
130–139/85–89 mmHg
16.10
Data are median and interquartile range for continuous, and percentages for categorical variables.