Eligibility of the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT) to the Chinese Adults

Table 1

Overall participants meeting each sequential SPRINT eligibility criterion.

Overall participants,	Overall		+SBP criteria^1	+High CVD risk^2	+Exclusion Criteria^3
	26093	14640	8428	4813	4036
Socioeconomic background
Age (years)
Gender (male, %)	10,881 (41.7%)	6,201 (42.4%)	3,636 (43.1%)	1,555 (32.3%)	1,281 (31.7%)
Educational level
None	1,698 (6.5%)	1,421 (9.7%)	829 (9.9%)	568 (11.9%)	490 (12.2%)
Primary	6,275 (24.1%)	4,651 (31.9%)	2,779 (33.1%)	1,675 (34.9%)	1,434 (35.7%)
Secondary/high school/higher secondary	14,311 (55.0%)	6,602 (45.3%)	3,694 (44.0%)	1,890 (39.4%)	1,559 (38.8%)
Trade school/college/university	3,729 (14.4%)	1,911 (13.1%)	1,098 (13.1%)	662 (13.8%)	536 (13.3%)
Risk factors of hypertension
Heart rate, beats/min
Total cholesterol, mg/dl
High-density lipoprotein, mg/dl
Estimated glomerular filtration rate, ml/min/1.73 m^2
Current smoking	6,254 (24.3%)	3,442 (23.8%)	1,896 (22.7%)	1,033 (21.9%)	900 (22.8%)
	10,516 (40.3%)	6,217 (42.5%)	3,953 (46.9%)	2,475 (51.4%)	2,066 (51.2%)
Framingham risk score
<10%	16,219 (63.9%)	5,686 (39.9%)	1,955 (23.5%)	272 (5.8%)	263 (6.7%)
10%-20%	5,967 (23.5%)	5,435 (38.1%)	4,075 (49.1%)	2,143 (45.7%)	1,960 (49.9%)
>20%	3,189 (12.6%)	3,141 (22.0%)	2,274 (27.4%)	2,274 (48.5%)	1,704 (43.4%)
Physical activity
Low	3,203 (12.8%)	1,673 (11.9%)	1,003 (12.4%)	577 (12.5%)	495 (12.7%)
Moderate	10,960 (43.8%)	6,280 (44.7%)	3,600 (44.4%)	2,127 (45.9%)	1,804 (46.3%)
High	10,857 (43.4%)	6,088 (43.4%)	3,498 (43.2%)	1,928 (41.6%)	1,600 (41.0%)
Blood pressure measurement
SBP (mmHg)
130-139 mmHg	4,607 (17.7%)	2,692 (18.4%)	2,692 (31.9%)	1,111 (23.1%)	910 (22.6%)
≥140 mmHg	9,110 (34.9%)	6,688 (45.7%)	5,736 (68.1%)	3,702 (76.9%)	3,126 (77.4%)
DBP (mmHg)
80-89 mmHg	8,277 (31.7%)	4,812 (32.9%)	3,329 (39.5%)	1,754 (36.4%)	1,455 (36.1%)
≥90 mmHg	7,044 (27.0%)	4,579 (31.3%)	3,590 (42.6%)	2,221 (46.2%)	1,915 (47.5%)

Reported as or number (%). Abbreviations: CVD: cardiovascular disease. DBP: diastolic blood pressure. SBP: systolic blood pressure. SPRINT: Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial. ¹SBP criteria include 130-180 mmHg on 0 or 1 antihypertensive medication class; 130-170 mmHg on 2 classes; 130-160 mmHg on 3 classes; and 130-150 mmHg on 4 classes. ²High CVD risk includes history of CHD, eGFR of 20-59 ml/min/1.73 m², 10-year risk for , and . ³Exclusion criteria include diabetes, history of stroke, and .