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Table 1 Characteristics of the Participants at Enrollment in the Korean Elderly Environmental Panel Study (2008–2010)

From: Associations of air pollution exposure with blood pressure and heart rate variability are modified by oxidative stress genes: A repeated-measures panel among elderly urban residents

 

All (n = 547)

Men (n = 143)

Women (n = 404)

Age (year)

70.7 (5.2)

71.4 (4.4)

70.4 (5.5)

Height (cm)

154.7 (7.7)

164.3 (5.3)

151.3 (5.0)

Weight (kg)

59.3 (9.0)

65.7 (9.8)

57.0 (7.4)

Smoking status

Current smoker

30 (5.5)

29 (20.3)

1 (0.3)

Ex-smoker

36 (6.6)

32 (22.4)

4 (1.0)

Non-smoker

467 (85.4)

79 (55.2)

388 (96.0)

Did not answer

14 (2.6)

3 (2.1)

11 (2.7)

Alcohol consumption

Current drinker

118 (21.6)

77 (53.9)

41 (10.2)

Nondrinker

412 (75.3)

61 (42.7)

351 (86.9)

Did not answer

17 (3.1)

5 (3.5)

12 (3.0)

Blood pressure (mmHg)

Systolic blood pressure

131.8 (16.7)

130.8 (17.0)

132.1 (16.6)

Diastolic blood pressure

74.5 (9.9)

73.9 (10.2)

74.7 (9.8)

Mean arterial pressure

93.6 (11.5)

92.9 (11.9)

93.8 (11.4)

Heart rate variability

SDNN (ms)

26.9 (1.7)

25.4 (1.7)

27.4 (1.6)

RMSSD (ms)

20.5 (2.0)

18.4 (2.1)

21.3 (1.9)

LF (ms2)

90.83 (3.5)

79.0 (3.5)

95.4 (3.5)

HF (ms2)

66.9 (3.8)

50.6 (4.1)

73.8 (3.6)

  1. HF high frequency power for frequency domain, LF low frequency power for frequency domain, RMSSD root mean square of successive differences for time domain, SDNN standard deviations of normal-to-normal intervals for time domain
  2. Categorical data are shown as n (%) and continuous data as mean (SD), except for heart rate variability, which is presented as geometric mean (geometric SD)