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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: A population-based screening study for cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in Danish postmenopausal women: acceptability and prevalence

 

Age group 1 (n = 592)

Age group 2 (n = 622)

Age group 3 (n = 433)

Age group 4 (n = 337)

p value

Age (years)

61 (0.8)

66 (0.8)

71 (0.9)

76 (0.8)

NA

Current smoker (n)

88 (18.3)

68 (14.4)

56 (17.1)

20 (10.5)

0.062

Self-reported comorbidity (n)

 Stroke

16 (3.3)

20 (4.2)

28 (8.5)

23 (12.1)

< 0.001

 Myocardial infarction

11 (2.3)

13 (2.7)

5 (1.5)

9 (4.7)

0.194

 Diabetes mellitus

32 (6.6)

45 (9.5)

27 (8.2)

12 (6.3)

0.278

 Hypertension

139 (28.8)

196 (41.4)

160 (48.8)

109 (57.4)

< 0.001

 Atrial fibrillation

10 (2.1)

14 (3.0)

13 (4.0)

10 (5.3)

0.151

 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

20 (4.2)

29 (6.1)

25 (7.6)

16 (8.4)

0.136

Self-reported family predisposition (n)

 Stroke

141 (29.3)

126 (26.6)

92 (28.1)

49 (25.8)

0.406

 Myocardial infarction

153 (31.7)

173 (36.5)

107 (32.6)

55 (29.0)

0.392

 Diabetes mellitus

97 (20.1)

103 (21.7)

83 (25.3)

36 (19.0)

0.529

 Hypertension

252 (52.3)

233 (49.2)

169 (51.5)

79 (41.6)

0.329

 Peripheral arterial disease

96 (19.9)

80 (16.9)

63 (19.2)

38 (20.0)

0.688

 Abdominal aortic aneurysm

16 (3.3)

24 (5.1)

12 (3.7)

5 (2.6)

0.570

  1. Except for age (n = 1984), the characteristics are available only for those who attended screening (n = 1474). Values are medians (50th centile) with interquartile ranges or n (%). P value refers to the x2 test for difference across age groups. Family predisposition was defined as mother, father, sister or brother