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Table 1 Gender-specific age, blood pressure, smoking and BMI at the time of biobank enrollment

From: The use of dietary supplements and their association with blood pressure in a large Midwestern cohort

Measurement

Females, n = 6107

Males, n = 3625

Combined, n = 9732

Age (mean, median, lower quartile, upper quartile, minimum, maximum)

54.4, 54.2, 42.0, 67.9, 18.4, 98.1

58.9, 59.5, 47.9, 71.8, 18.5, 96.3

56.1, 56.3, 44.1, 69.6, 18.4, 98.1

Systolic blood pressure (mean, median, lower quartile, upper quartile, minimum, maximum)

124.3, 123.5, 114.0, 133.0, 85.0, 201.0

127.2, 126.0, 119.0, 135.3, 80.0, 190.0

125.4, 124.0, 116.0, 134.0, 80.0, 201.0

Diastolic blood pressure (mean, median, lower quartile, upper quartile, minimum, maximum)

72.9, 72.0, 68.0, 78.5, 40.0, 107.0

73.4, 73.0, 68.0, 80.0, 42.0, 120.0

73.1, 72.5, 68.0, 79.0, 40.0, 120.0

Body mass index (mean, median, lower quartile, upper quartile, minimum, maximum)

29.6, 28.2, 24.2, 33.7, 14.6, 82.9

30.7, 29.7, 26.6, 33.6, 16.7, 79.9

30.0, 28.8, 25.1, 33.6, 14.6, 82.9

Number (%) current smokers

856 (14.0%)

524 (14.5%)

1380 (14.2%)