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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of the total cohort. Data presented as mean (SD) and confidence interval for continuous variables and as absolute frequency (percentage) for categorical variables

From: Incidence of new-onset hypertension before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a 7-year longitudinal cohort study in a large population

Variable

N = 202,163

95% CI

Age (years)

47.7 (20)

47.7, 47.8

Glycemia (mg/dl)

91.7 (14)

91.5, 91.8

Hb1Ac (%)

6.04 (0.82)

6.03, 6.05

Sex

 F

108,062 (54%)

53%, 54%

 M

93,530 (46%)

46%, 47%

Current or former smoking

 NO

41,705 (71%)

71%, 72%

 YES

16,650 (29%)

28%, 29%

BMI (kg/m2)

27.2 (185.3)

26, 29

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.853 (0.19)

0.851, 0.855

ALT (mU/ml)

19.9 (8)

19.9, 20

AST (mU/ml)

20.2 (6)

20.1, 20.2

Cancer

 NO

167,163 (82.7%)

82.5%, 82.9%

 YES

35,000 (17.3%)

17.1%, 17.5%

COPD

 NO

197,551 (97.7%)

97.7%, 97.8%

 YES

4612 (2.3%)

2.2%, 2.3%

Hypercholesterolemia

 NO

183,161 (90.6%)

90%, 91%

 YES

19,002 (9.4%)

9.3%, 9.5%

Hypertriglyceridemia

 NO

200,266 (99.1%)

99.0%, 99.1%

 YES

1897 (0.9%)

0.90%, 0.98%

COVID-19

 NO

176,232 (87.2%)

87.0%, 87.3%

 YES

25,931 (12.8%)

12.7%, 13%