Table 1

General characteristics of the study population overall and by region

	Regions
	Centre			Littoral			North-West and West				Overall
Characteristic	Men	Women	p	Men	Women	p	Men	Women	p	p Region	Men	Women	p
N	376	273		609	558		132	172		<0.001	1117	1003
Mean age, years (SD)	41 (12)	42 (14)	0.43	45 (13)	43 (14)	0.33	48 (14)	45 (14)	0.08	<0.001	44 (13)	43 (14)	0.19
Age groups, n (years)			0.26			0.006			0.22	<0.001			0.01
<35	134	97		145	180		23	44			302	321
35–44	99	57		154	108		32	40			285	205
45–54	86	65		163	139		34	47			284	251
≥55	57	54		146	131		43	41			246	226
Mean BMI, kg/m² (SD)	26.2 (4)	27.2 (4.5)	0.002	26.9 (4.8)	29 (6.3)	<0.001	27.6 (5)	29.3 (5.4)	0.006	<0.001	26.7 (4.6)	28.6 (5.8)	<0.001
Waist girth, cm (SD)	96 (13)	94 (12)	0.04	91 (13)	91 (15)	0.31	95 (12)	97 (12)	0.15	<0.001	93 (13)	93 (14)	0.80
Mean SBP, mm Hg (SD)	133 (22)	129 (24)	0.06	142 (26)	139 (30)	0.05	136 (25)	125 (25)	<0.001	<0.001	139 (25)	134 (28)	<0.001
Mean DBP, mm Hg (SD)	77 (17)	77 (16)	0.98	85 (17)	82 (18)	0.001	85 (15)	79 (15)	0.001	<0.001	83 (17)	80 (17)	0.001
Parental hypertension, n	77	77	0.02	158	191	0.002	38	55	0.62	0.01	273	323	<0.001
History of diabetes, n	27	27	0.22	27	31	0.42	21	31	0.65	<0.001	75	89	0.07
History of dyslipidaemia, n	1	0	>0.99	4	9	0.16	0	0	N/A	0.005	5	9	0.28
History of gout, n	0	1	0.42	13	9	0.53	1	0	0.43	<0.001	14	10	0.68
Physical activity, n	160	86	0.004	334	180	<0.001	82	104	0.77	<0.001	576	370	<0.001
Smoking, n			<0.001			<0.001			<0.001	0.07			<0.001
Never	320	267		500	540		113	170			933	977
Former	21	26		43	7		4	0			68	12
Current	35	36		66	11		15	2			116	14
Excessive alcohol, n	85	17	<0.001	147	51	<0.001	51	32	<0.001	<0.001	283	100	<0.001

BMI, body mass index; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; SBP, systolic blood pressure.