Table 1 Characteristics of 2901 men and 3406 women from the health survey for
England 1998 who had complete risk factor data recorded. Values are means
(SDs) unless stated otherwise
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Men (n=2901)
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Women (n=3406)
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No (%) smokers
|
671 (23.1)
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784 (23.0)
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No (%) with diabetes
|
73 (2.5)
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62 (1.8)
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No (%) with Framingham 10 year coronary heart disease risk ≥ 15%
|
824 (28.4)
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229 (6.7)
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Age (years)
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49 (12.3)
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49 (12.2)
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Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
|
137 (16.8)
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132 (19.1)
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Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg)
|
79 (11.4)
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73 (11.2)
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Total cholesterol (mmol/l)
|
5.7 (1.05)
|
5.7 (1.14)
|
High density lipoprotein cholesterol (mmol/l)
|
1.3 (0.36)
|
1.6 (0.41)
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Ratio of total cholesterol to high density lipoprotein cholesterol
|
4.8 (1.71)
|
3.9 (1.39)
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