Table 1

Sociodemographic, anthropometric, lifestyle and clinical characteristics of older adults living in Shenzhen (n=124 007)

CharacteristicsGeneral (N=124 007)CharacteristicsGeneral (N=124 007)
Age (years)71.3±5.6Physical activity, n (%)
BMI (kg/m2)23.8±3.2 Yes95 338 (76.9)
SBP (mm Hg)134.7±17.7 No28 669 (23.1)
DBP (mm Hg)77.2±10.3History of cardiovascular disease, n (%)
WC (cm)85.1±8.8 Yes5192 (4.2)
FBG (mmol/L)6.0±1.9 No118 815 (95.8)
TC (mmol/L)5.2±2.1Smoking status, n (%)
TG (mmol/L)1.6±1.1 Current smoker10 163 (8.2)
LDL-C (mmol/L)3.1±1.1 Ex-smoker7662 (6.2)
HDL-C (mmol/L)1.4±0.5 Never-smoker106 182 (85.6)
Sex, n (%)Drinking habit, n (%)
 Male54 649 (44.1) Non-drinker103 388 (83.4)
 Female69 358 (55.9) Non-habitual drinker12 737 (10.2)
Education level, n (%) Habitual drinker7882 (6.4)
 Illiterate10 054 (8.1)
 Primary education44 096 (35.6)
 Junior school education and above69 857 (56.3)
Marital status, n (%)
 Married or cohabiting119 314 (96.2)
 Widowed3623 (2.9)
 Divorced565 (0.5)
 Single505 (0.4)
  • BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FBG, fasting blood glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglycerides; WC, waist circumference.