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Table 1 Means or prevalence for baseline characteristics of participants in this study

From: Life as an evacuee after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident is a cause of polycythemia: the Fukushima Health Management Survey

 

Total (n = 10,718)

Baseline characteristics

Evacuees

Non—evacuees

pvalue***

n

7,446 3

 

3,272

  

Age (years)

66.3

±9.8**

69.8

±8.8**

0.01

Sex (% women)

56.0

 

58.8

 

<0.01

Body mass index (kg/m2)

23.7

±3.3**

23.4

±3.3**

<0.01

Overweight* (%)

31.8

 

28.9

 

<0.01

Hypertension (%)

54.5

 

57.7

 

<0.01

Diabetes Mellitus (%)

10.7

 

9.4

 

0.04

Current smoker (%)

12.8

 

10.2

 

<0.001

Current drinker (%)

23.7

 

20.5

 

<0.001

  1. *Body mass index ≥ 25.0 kg/m2; **Standard deviaion; ***Student t—tests or chi—squared tests.