Prevalence of High Jugular Bulb across Different Stages of Adulthood in A Chinese Population

Wang Jingjing, Feng Yanmei, Wang Hui, Li Chunyan, Wu Yaqin, Shi Haibo, Yin Shankai, Chen Zhengnong

Table 1 Study participant characteristics.

Characteristics Total (N=4539) Normal jugular bulb (normal JB, n=3883) High jugular bulb (HJB, n=656) P value* Mean age (SD), y 55.5 (10.1) 55.6 (10.1) 54.6 (10.1) 0.027* Female/Male, n/n 2395/2144 2005/1878 390/266 <0.001* Mean body mass index (SD), kg/m2 23.6 (3.0) 23.7 (3.0) 23.5 (3.1) 0.049* Smoking, n (%)+ 981 (21.6%) 859 (22.1%) 122 (18.6%) 0.043* Alcohol use, n (%)# 569 (12.5%) 492 (12.7%) 77 (11.7%) 0.505 Hypertension, n (%) 1147 (25.3%) 999 (25.7%) 148 (22.6%) 0.084 Diabetes, n (%) 329 (7.2%) 278 (7.2%) 51 (7.8%) 0.574 Hyperlipidemia, n (%) 357 (7.9%) 311 (8.0%) 46 (7.0%) 0.380 Stroke, n (%) 134 (3.0%) 116 (3.0%) 18 (2.7%) 0.733 Coronary heart disease, n (%) 96 (2.1%) 87 (2.2%) 9 (1.4%) 0.153 Myocardial infarction, n (%) 16 (0.4%) 15 (0.4%) 1 (0.2%) 0.563 Arrhythmia, n (%) 84 (1.9%) 75 (1.9%) 9 (1.4%) 0.325