Table 2 Characteristics of participants with myocardial infarction, stroke and diabetes in Know Your Heart (KYH) and Tromsø 7

240

(100)

376

(100)

144

(100)

309

(100)

341

(100)

792

(100)

Age

40–49

17

(7.1)

31

(8.2)

9

(6.3)

47

(15.2)

34

(10.0)

185

(23.4)

50–59

66

(27.5)

106

(28.2)

43

(29.9)

92

(29.8)

83

(24.3)

253

(31.9)

60–69

157

(65.4)

239

(63.6)

93

(63.9)

170

(55.0)

224

(65.7)

354

(44.7)

Sex

Female

101

(42.1)

62

(16.5)

70

(48.6)

127

(41.1)

222

(65.1)

368

(46.5)

Male

139

(57.9)

314

(83.5)

74

(51.4)

182

(58.9)

119

(34.9)

424

(53.5)

Educational level

Lower

27

(11.3)

114

(31.1)

15

(10.4)

82

(27.3)

28

(8.2)

220

(28.2)

Middle

143

(59.6)

121

(33.0)

85

(59.0)

102

(34.0)

205

(60.1)

248

(31.8)

Higher

70

(29.2)

132

(36.0)

44

(30.6)

116

(38.7)

108

(31.7)

312

(40.0)

Missing

0

9

0

9

0

12

Visited Doctor in past 12 months

Yes

193

(80.4)

95.1

(95.1)

121

(84.0)

281

(91.8)

300

(88.0)

750

(95.4)

Missing

0

7

0

3

0

6

Never

90

79

63

79

179

276

Ex-smoker

71

218

43

165

99

379

Current smoker

77

73

38

58

63

121

Missing

2

6

0

7

0

16

Co-morbid MI

Yes

–

–

–

–

39

(27.1)

31

(11.0)

40

(11.8)

61

(8.2)

Missing

–

–

–

–

0

26

1

47

Co-morbid stroke

Yes

39

(16.3)

31

(8.8)

–

–

–

–

32

(9.4)

39

(5.3)

Missing

0

22

–

–

–

–

0

50

Co-morbid diabetes

Yes

40

(16.7)

61

(17.2)

32

(22.2)

39

(13.5)

–

–

–

–

Missing

0

21

0

21

–

–

–

–

Any Co morbidity^a

Yes

67

(27.9)

85

(22.6)

59

(41.0)

63

(20.4)

60

(17.6)

93

(11.7)

Mean Blood pressure (95% CI)^c

SBP

136.6

(133.2, 139.9)

125.6

(122.5, 128.6)

136.7

(133.3, 140.1)

127.8

(125.5, 130.1)

137.0

(133.9, 140.1)

131.6

(130.4, 132.8)

DBP

85.2

(83.1, 87.3)

75.1

(73.4, 76.8)

84.3

(82.7, 85.8)

76.2

(74.8, 77.6)

85.0

(83.3, 86.8)

76.4

(75.8, 77.1)

Missing

1

1

3

2

2

3

Mean Cholesterol

Levels (95% CI)^b,^c

Total cholesterol

5.3

(5.1, 5.4)

4.5

(4.3, 4.7))

5.2

(5.0, 5.4)

5.0

(4.9, 5.2)

5.1

(4.9, 5.3)

5.1

(5.0, 5.2)

LDL-C

3.4

(3.3, 3.6)

2.8

(2.6, 3.0)

3.3

(3.1, 3.5)

3.2

(3.0, 3.3)

3.2

(3.1, 3.4)

3.3

(3.2, 3.3)

Missing

4

3

1

2

7

6

Mean HbA1c

(95% CI)^{b, c}

6.0

(5.9, 6.2)

6.0

(5.9, 6.2)

6.1

(6.0, 6.3)

5.9

(5.7, 6.0)

7.4

(7.1, 7.6)

7.3

(7.2. 7.4)

Missing

5

8

3

5

7

14

Mean Body mass index

(95% CI)^c

30.2

(6.4)

29.1

(4.3)

29.6

(6.0)

27.7

(4.2)

32.8

(6.2)

30.2

(5.2)

Missing

1

1

1

5

3

4