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Baseline characteristics of all participants, and of cases with incident MI and incident CHD |
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| Characteristics |
All participants |
MI cases |
P value |
CHD cases |
P value |
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| Number |
6251 |
412 |
- |
588 |
- |
| Age, mean (SD), y |
69.5 (9.1) |
70.3 (7.8) |
0.02 |
68.6 (7.4) |
0.23 |
| Men, (%) |
40.4 |
58.7 |
<0.001 |
61.2 |
<0.001 |
| Body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m2 |
26.3 (3.7) |
26.3 (3.5) |
0.29 |
26.3 (3.4) |
0.07 |
| Waist circumference, mean (SD), cm |
90.5 (11.2) |
91.9 (10.0) |
0.89 |
92.2 (10.2) |
0.33 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg |
139.3 (22.2) |
142.3 (21.9) |
0.01 |
141.3 (21.7) |
0.004 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg |
73.7 (11.5) |
73.7 (11.5) |
0.77 |
73.7 (11.3) |
0.38 |
| Hypertension, (%) |
34.3 |
40.6 |
0.006 |
40.2 |
0.002 |
| Diabetes, (%) |
10.5 |
17.0 |
<0.001 |
15.8 |
<0.001 |
| Total cholesterol, mean (SD), mmol/L |
6.6 (1.2) |
6.9 (1.2) |
<0.001 |
6.9 (1.2) |
<0.001 |
| HDL cholesterol, mean (SD), mmol/L |
1.3 (0.4) |
1.2 (0.3) |
<0.001 |
1.2 (0.3) |
<0.001 |
| Current smoker, (%) |
22.8 |
26.0 |
<0.001 |
27.1 |
<0.001 |
| Former smoker, (%) |
41.5 |
49.5 |
51.5 |
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Dehghan et al. BMC Medicine 2008 6:30 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-6-30 |
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