Rationale and design of the cardiorespiratory fitness and hospitalization events in armed forces study in Eastern Taiwan

Table 1 Baseline demographics, hemodynamics, medical and family history, and habit of exercise of men and women in the cardiorespiratory fitness and hospitalization events in armed forces study

	Men(n = 3669)	Women(n = 411)
Age (yr)	29.3 ± 5.9	28.1 ± 6.5
Specialty (%)
Air force	28	23.6
Army	50.5	61.6
Navy	21.5	14.8
Height (cm)	171.8 ± 5.8	160.5 ± 4.4
Weight (kg)	73.5 ± 10.2	58.1 ± 8.1
Body mass index (kg/m2)	24.9 ± 3.1	22.5 ± 2.9
Waist circumference (cm)	83.4 ± 8.0	73.3 ± 7.4
Pulse rate (times/min)	72.2 ± 10.8	75.7 ± 10.1
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	118.4 ± 13.1	106.5 ± 12.4
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	70.6 ± 10.1	65.2 ± 9.1
Current smoking (%)	38.1	12.2
Current alcohol intake (%)	44.7	17.1
Current betel chewing (%)	12	1.2
Medical history (%)
Hypertension	1.5	0.2
Symptomatic arrhythmia	1.1	1.7
Chronic hepatitis B	3.4	1.7
Family history of cardiovascular disease within 3rd relatives (%)	3.4	4.6
Frequency of exercise (%)
Never or occasionally	19.7	30.5
1-2 times/wk	38.2	42.9
Over 3-5 times/wk	42.2	26.6
Cardiopulmonary distress symptoms related to exercise (%)	8.9	15.4

Data were presented as the mean ± SD and percentage (%).