Aragon workers’ health study – design and cohort description

Table 3 Prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in large population studies in Spain

Study	ERICE[9]*	DARIOS[10]	Sánchez-Chaparro et al[31].
Population	Eight cross-sectional studies representative of the general adult population of the study’s target area	Studies representative of the general adult population of the study’s target area	Cross-sectional study health insurance company
Period of data collection	1992 – 2001	2000 – 2009	2004 – 2005
Age range (years)	45 – 64	35 – 74	16 – 74
Sample size
Men	2,782	13,425	158,593
Women	3,412	15,462	58,321
Current smoking (%)
Men	38.6	33.0	51.3
Women	6.5	21.0	43.8
Hypertension (%)
Men	49.0	47.0	27.0
Women	50.3	39.0	8.8
Hypercholesterolemia (%)**
Men	59.8	81.0	48.7
Women	59.6	79.0	40.6
Diabetes (%)
Men	2.3	16.0	3.0
Women	1.1	11.0	0.6
Obesity (%)
Men	15.9	29.0	18.3
Women	13.3	29.0	8.0

* The ERICE Study included participants >18 years old; data in the present table is restricted to participants 45 to 64 years old.
** Total cholesterol >200 mg/dL (5.2 mmol/L) in the ERICE Study and in the study by Sánchez-Chaparro et al., and >190 mg/dL (4.9 mmol/L) in the DARIOS Study.

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