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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study population

From: Associations of handgrip strength with morbidity and all-cause mortality of cardiometabolic multimorbidity

 

Without any cardiometabolic disease (N = 441,868)

With type 2 diabetes alone (N = 18,224)

With stroke alone (N = 6092)

With CHD alone (N = 20,996)

With CM (N = 6594)

Male (%)

192,269 (43.51)

10,992 (60.32)

3278 (53.81)

14,068 (67.00)

4758 (72.16)

Age (years)

56.03 (8.10)

59.62 (6.99)

60.12 (7.05)

61.71 (6.18)

62.09 (5.84)

Ethnic (%)

 White

418,046 (94.61)

15,615 (85.68)

5853 (96.08)

19,923 (94.89)

5879 (89.16)

 Mixed

2623 (0.59)

128 (0.70)

21 (0.34)

79 (0.38)

39 (0.59)

 Asian or Asian British

7361 (1.67)

1197 (6.57)

70 (1.15)

490 (2.33)

378 (5.73)

 Black or Black British

6642 (1.50)

700 (3.84)

91 (1.49)

221 (1.05)

136 (2.06)

 Other

5199 (1.18)

423 (2.32)

32 (0.53)

176 (0.84)

111 (1.68)

 “Do not know” or missing

1997 (0.45)

161 (0.88)

25 (0.41)

107 (0.51)

51 (0.77)

 Townsend score

 − 1.39 (3.04)

 − 0.49 (3.41)

 − 0.82 (3.31)

 − 0.81 (3.32)

 − 0.01 (3.54)

Smoking (%)

 Never smoked

247,314 (55.97)

8598 (47.18)

2689 (44.14)

8283 (39.45)

2215 (33.59)

 Previous smoker

146,932 (33.25)

7520 (41.26)

2444 (40.12)

10,015 (47.70)

3376 (51.20)

 Current smoker

45,595 (10.32)

1917 (10.52)

915 (15.02)

2530 (12.05)

930 (14.10)

 “Do not know” or missing

2027 (0.46)

189 (1.04)

44 (0.72)

168 (0.80)

73 (1.11)

Drinking (%)

 Daily or almost daily

91,273 (20.66)

2637 (14.47)

1237 (20.31)

4282 (20.39)

1007 (15.27)

 Three or four times a week

104,627 (23.68)

2802 (15.38)

1118 (18.35)

4461 (21.25)

978 (14.83)

 Once or twice a week

115,042 (26.04)

4201 (23.05)

1506 (24.72)

5130 (24.43)

1477 (22.40)

 One to three times a month

49,190 (11.13)

2248 (12.34)

676 (11.10)

2101 (10.01)

734 (11.13)

 Special occasions only

48,575 (10.99)

3430 (18.82)

817 (13.41)

2695 (12.84)

1171 (17.76)

 Never

32,269 (7.30)

2817 (15.46)

720 (11.82)

2268 (10.80)

1199 (18.18)

“Do not know” or missing

892 (0.20)

89 (0.49)

18 (0.30)

59 (0.28)

28 (0.42)

Physical activity (%)

 Low

64,171 (14.52)

3688 (20.24)

1036 (17.01)

3441 (16.39)

1577 (23.92)

 Moderate

181,083 (40.98)

6816 (37.40)

2218 (36.41)

7864 (37.45)

2189 (33.20)

 High

110,769 (25.07)

3565 (19.56)

1374 (22.55)

5018 (23.90)

1216 (18.44)

 “Do not know” or missing

85,845 (19.43)

4155 (22.80)

1464 (24.03)

4673 (22.26)

1612 (24.45)

 BMI (kg/m2)

27.11 (4.60)

31.53 (5.89)

28.10 (4.77)

28.83 (4.77)

31.34 (5.64)

 HGS (Male, kg)

42.22 (8.91)

38.60 (9.25)

38.80 (9.13)

39.27 (8.69)

36.39 (9.19)

 HGS (Female, kg)

25.28 (6.35)

22.88 (6.57)

22.82 (6.67)

22.22 (6.39)

20.90 (6.69)

 SBP (mmHg)

137.53 (18.66)

141.80 (16.95)

140.01 (18.64)

138.46 (18.69)

139.24 (18.74)

 DBP (mmHg)

82.37 (10.11)

82.49 (9.37)

82.59 (10.05)

79.74 (10.22)

79.04 (10.36)

 HDL (mmol/L)

1.47 (0.38)

1.20 (0.31)

1.39 (0.37)

1.27 (0.34)

1.14 (0.31)

 LDL (mmol/L)

3.65 (0.83)

2.75 (0.78)

3.05 (0.88)

2.90 (0.82)

2.64 (0.74)

 Triglycerides (mmol/L)

1.72 (1.01)

2.14 (1.20)

1.73 (0.99)

1.86 (1.03)

2.21 (1.28)

  1. Data were presented as frequency (%) or mean (standard deviation).
  2. Abbreviations: CHD coronary heart disease, CM cardiometabolic multimorbidity, BMI body mass index, HGS handgrip strength, HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure