Table 1 Characteristics of study participants by CVD group
Characteristics | No. (%) of participants | p value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Overall (N = 1,887,710) | Participants without CVD (N = 1,734,061) | Participants with CVD (N = 153,649) | ||
Sex |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Man | 923,655 (48.9%) | 850,926 (49.1%) | 72,729 (47.3%) |  |
 Woman | 964,055 (51.1%) |  883,135 (50.9%) | 80,920 (52.7%) |  |
Age (year) |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 18–45 | 1,249,754 (66.2%) | 1,186,333 (68.4%) | 63,421 (41.3%) |  |
 45–65 | 476,332 (25.2%) | 416,073 (24.0%) | 60,259 (39.2%) |  |
 ≥ 65 | 161,624 (8.6%) | 131,655 (7.6%) | 29,969 (19.5%) |  |
Ethnicity |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Han nationality | 56,078 (3.0%) | 51,030 (3.0%) | 5,048 (3.3%) |  |
 Uyghur nationality | 1,811,752 (96.0%) | 1,665,177 (96.0%) | 146,575 (95.4%) |  |
 Other | 19,880 (1.0%) | 17,854 (1.0%) | 2026 (1.3%) |  |
Residential setting |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Urban | 457,972 (24.3%) | 420,141 (24.2%) | 37,831 (24.6%) |  |
 Rural | 1,429,738 (75.7%) | 1,313,920 (75.8%) | 115,818 (75.4%) |  |
Economic status |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Poor householda | 531,321 (28.1%) | 489,253 (28.2%) | 42,068 (27.4%) |  |
 Non-poor household | 1,356,389 (71.9%) | 1,244,808 (71.8%) | 111,581 (72.6%) |  |
Education level |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Years of schooling > 9 | 232,335 (12.3%) | 216,417 (12.5%) | 15,918 (10.4%) |  |
 Years of schooling ≤ 9 | 1,655,375 (87.7%) | 1,517,644 (87.5%) | 137,731 (89.6%) |  |
Occupation |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Unemployed | 76,738 (4.0%) | 69,099 (4.0%) | 7639 (5.0%) |  |
 Worker | 105,740 (5.6%) | 82,948 (4.8%) | 22,792 (14.8%) |  |
 Farmer | 1,447,299 (76.7%) | 1,338,807 (77.2%) | 108,492 (70.6%) |  |
 Office clerk | 75,476 (4.0%) | 70,528 (4.0%) | 4948 (3.2%) |  |
 Other | 182,457 (9.7%) | 172,679 (10.0%) | 9778 (6.4%) |  |
Smoking status |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Non-smokers | 1,643,712 (87.1%) | 1,511,676 (87.2%) | 132,036 (85.9%) |  |
 Current smokers | 209,372 (11.1%) | 191,857 (11.1%) | 17,515 (11.4%) |  |
 Former smokers | 34,626 (1.8%) | 30,528 (1.7%) | 4098 (2.7%) |  |
Alcohol use |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Non-drinkers | 1,777,621 (94.2%) | 1,634,865 (94.3%) | 142,756 (92.9%) |  |
 Ever-drinkers | 110,089 (5.8%) | 99,196 (5.7%) | 10,893 (7.1%) |  |
Exercise frequency |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 7 days/week | 236,257 (12.5%) | 223,137 (12.9%) | 13,120 (8.5%) |  |
 1–6 days/week | 29,873 (1.6%) | 27,927 (1.6%) | 1946 (1.3%) |  |
 < 1 day/week | 61,804 (3.3%) | 57,981 (3.3%) | 3823 (2.5%) |  |
 No exercise | 1,559,776 (82.6%) | 1,425,016 (82.2%) | 134,760 (87.7%) |  |
Dietary pattern |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Omnivore diet | 1,703,369 (90.2%) | 1,567,719 (90.4%) | 135,650 (88.3%) |  |
 Plant-heavy diet | 122,280 (6.5%) | 110,104 (6.4%) | 12,176 (7.9%) |  |
 Meat-heavy diet | 62,061 (3.3%) | 56,238 (3.2%) | 5823 (3.8%) |  |
Weight group |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 Normal weightb | 914,473 (48.4%) | 907,673 (52.3%) | 65,564 (42.7%) |  |
 Overweight or obesity | 973,237 (51.6%) | 826,388 (47.7%) | 88,085 (57.3%) |  |
Diabetesc |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 No | 1,805,071 (95.6%) | 1,665,009 (96.0%) | 140,062 (91.2%) |  |
 Yes | 82,639 (4.4%) | 69,052 (4.0%) | 13,587 (8.8%) |  |
Hypertensiond |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 No | 1,632,674 (86.5%) | 1,530,804 (88.3%) | 101,870 (66.3%) |  |
 Yes | 255,036 (13.5%) | 203,257 (11.7%) | 51,779 (33.7%) |  |
Hypercholesterolemiae |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 No | 1,495,620 (79.2%) | 1,382,778 (79.7%) | 112,842 (73.4%) |  |
 Yes | 392,090 (20.8%) | 351,283 (20.3%) | 40,807 (26.6%) |  |
Hypertriglyceridemiaf |  |  |  | < 0.0001 |
 No | 1,409,118 (74.6%) | 1,303,254 (75.2%) | 105,864 (68.9%) |  |
 Yes | 478,592 (25.4%) | 430,807 (24.8%) | 47,785 (31.1%) |  |