Association between the Systolic Blood Pressure Trajectory and Risk of Stroke in a Health-Management Population in Jiaozuo, China

Table 3

Baseline characteristics of the SBP trajectory groups.

Variable	Low-stable group	Moderate-increasing group	High-acutely increasing group	P value
N	520 (35.84%)	818 (56.37%)	113 (7.79%)
Sex (male)	231 (44.42)	302 (36.92)	43 (38.05)	0.0119
Age	55.98 ± 9.49	61.13 ± 9.51	66.8 ± 9.23	<0.0001
BMI	24.54 ± 3.19	5.45 ± 3.42	25.88 ± 3.84	<0.0001
SBP	123.78 ± 10.6	134.84 ± 13.45	144.53 ± 19.78	<0.0001
DBP	79.19 ± 7.75	83.64 ± 10.33	87.28 ± 12.35	<0.0001
FBG	5.35 ± 1.39	5.62 ± 1.54	5.44 ± 1.34	0.0057
TG	1.60 ± 1.01	1.73 ± 0.97	1.69 ± 0.79	0.0922
TC	4.66 ± 1.16	4.77 ± 1.24	4.95 ± 1.08	0.0541
LDL-C	2.65 ± 0.87	2.62 ± 0.84	2.67 ± 0.89	0.8401
HDL-C	1.50 ± 0.69	1.51 ± 0.64	1.48 ± 0.64	0.8884

BMI: body mass index; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FBG: fasting blood glucose; TG: triglycerides; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.