Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study sample (n = 9784)
From: A six question screen to facilitate primary cardiovascular disease prevention
Men (n = 6189) | Women (n = 3565) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (SD) | 49.4 | 6.0 | 47.1 | 5.5 |
Educationa | ||||
Low (%) | 973 | 15.7 | 1030 | 28.9 |
Middle (%) | 1988 | 32.1 | 1430 | 40.1 |
High (%) | 3228 | 52.2 | 1105 | 31.0 |
Ethnicity | ||||
Caucasian (%) | 5821 | 94.1 | 3187 | 89.4 |
Other (%) | 368 | 5.9 | 378 | 10.6 |
Tobacco use | ||||
None (%) | 5294 | 85.5 | 2977 | 83.5 |
At least once a week (%) | 469 | 7.6 | 251 | 7.0 |
At least 10 g per day (%) | 426 | 6.9 | 337 | 9.5 |
Body mass index (SD) | 25.7 | 3.2 | 24.7 | 4.1 |
BMI <25 (%) | 2738 | 44.2 | 2202 | 61.8 |
Overweight: BMI ≥25 - <30 (%) | 2923 | 47.2 | 988 | 27.7 |
Obese: BMI ≥30 (%) | 528 | 8.5 | 375 | 10.5 |
Serum total cholesterol in mmol/l (SD) | 5.8 | 1.0 | 5.5 | 1.0 |
History of hypercholesterolemia (%) | 179 | 2.9 | 58 | 1.6 |
Systolic blood pressure in mmHg (SD) | 135.9 | 16.2 | 126.9 | 17.0 |
History of hypertension (%) | 207 | 3.3 | 155 | 4.3 |
History of diabetes mellitus (%) | 19 | 0.3 | 13 | 0.4 |
SCORE-low risk 5–10 (%) | 235 | 3.8 | 7 | 0.1 |
SCORE-low risk >10 (%) | 31 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.0 |
History of renal insufficiency (%) | 72 | 1.2 | 29 | 0.8 |
eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m2) | ||||
≥ 90 (%) | 3363 | 54.3 | 1822 | 51.1 |
60–90 (%) | 2678 | 43.3 | 1612 | 45.2 |
45–59 (%) | 143 | 2.3 | 127 | 3.6 |
30–44 (%) | 5 | 0.1 | 4 | 0.1 |
< 30 (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Increased ACR (%) | 109 | 1.8 | 70 | 2.0 |