Table 1 Baseline cardiovascular risk factors of the study population by cardiovascular risk groups and sex
Variable | Sexa | Exposure groupsb (risk at baseline) n (%); mean [sd] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Low CVR | Low-intermediate CVR | High-intermediate CVR | High CVR | Previous vascular disease | ||
N | W | 462,824 (83.7) | 47,482 (8.6) | 13,462 (2.4) | 6863 (1.2) | 22,415 (4.1) |
M | 178,757 (48.3) | 77,084 (20.8) | 38,536 (10.4) | 33,745 (9.1) | 41,804 (11.3) | |
Age (year) | W | 61.3 [7.2] | 63.4 [6.0] | 63.8 [5.8] | 63.8 [5.3] | 66.1 [6.3] |
M | 58.5 [6.3] | 63.2 [6.5] | 65.5 [6.2] | 67.4 [5.5] | 65.0 [6.5] | |
Total cholesterol (mg/dl) | W | 216.5 [34.6] | 218.1 [39.0] | 216.1 [41.6] | 218.9 [41.8] | 200.5 [38.9] |
M | 200.5 [35.6] | 210.7 [36.0] | 214.6 [35.8] | 218.7 [37.7] | 182.6 [38.9] | |
HDL (mg/dl) | W | 64.2 [14.1] | 48.9 [10.0] | 45.1 [8.7] | 40.9 [7.8] | 56.9 [14.3] |
M | 54.7 [13.2] | 49.7 [11.7] | 47.5 [10.5] | 44.5 [9.5] | 48.1 [12.3] | |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | W | 128.8 [14.1] | 142.1 [15.6] | 144.9 [16.1] | 153.1 [17.3] | 133.7 [16.8] |
M | 128.8 [12.8] | 136.1 [14.4] | 140.6 [15.1) | 145.8 [15.5] | 133.7 [16.6] | |
Hypertension | W | 154,958 (33.5) | 27,982 (58.9) | 9310 (69.2) | 5210 (75.9) | 15,169 (67.7) |
M | 50,561 (28.3) | 32,211 (41.8) | 18,556 (48.2) | 18,845 (55.8) | 25,215 (60.3) | |
Smoking | W | 32,211 (7.0) | 5458 (11.5) | 1527 (11.3) | 941 (13.7) | 1260 (5.6) |
M | 23,170 (13.0) | 20,713 (26.9) | 13,854 (36.0) | 18,432 (54.6) | 9032 (21.6) | |
Diabetes mellitus, type 2 | W | 23,583 (5.1) | 19,448 (41.0) | 10,344 (76.8) | 6229 (90.8) | 6710 (29.9) |
M | 17,087 (9.6) | 10,198 (13.2) | 5758 (14.9) | 6036 (17.9) | 6990 (16.7) | |
Alcohol-related disorders | W | 2269 (0.5) | 300 (0.6) | 108 (0.8) | 58 (0.9) | 172 (0.8) |
M | 6427 (3.6) | 3038 (3.9) | 1567 (4.1) | 1499 (4.4) | 2024 (4.8) | |
Body mass index (kg/m2) | W | 28.6 (5.5) | 30.8 (6.0) | 32.1 (6.2) | 32.8 (6.4) | 30.5 (5.9) |
M | 28.1 (4.7) | 28.6 (4.8) | 28.8 (4.8) | 29.2 (4.9) | 29.1 (4.8) | |