Table 1:

Clinical and demographic characteristics of study participants.

	Total sample (N=5619)	<55 years (n=2779)	≥55 years (n=2840)	Women (n=3041)	Men (n=2578)
Age (years)	55 ± 13	44 ± 7	66 ± 8	55 ± 14	55 ± 13
Women	3041 (54)	1502 (54)	1539 (54)	3041 (100)	0 (0)
BMI (Kg/m2)	28.19 ± 5.68	27.88 ± 5.90	28.50 ± 5.44	27.46 ± 6.18	29.06 ± 4.89
Obese (BMI ≥ 30 Kg/m2)	1751 (31)	818 (29)	933 (33)	839 (28)	912 (35)
WHR	0.94 ± 0.09	0.91 ± 0.08	0.96 ± 0.09	0.90 ± 0.09	0.98 ± 0.07
Increased WHR	4359 (78)	1947 (70)	2412 (85)	2079 (68)	2280 (88)
Current smoker (n%)	530 (9)	306 (11)	224 (8)	279 (9)	251 (10)
Systolic blood pressure	122 ± 17	115 ± 14	128 ± 17	119 ± 18	124 ± 15
Anti-hypertensive medication	1859 (33)	357 (13)	1502 (53)	902 (30)	957 (37)
Diabetes	501 (9)	102 (4)	399 (14)	210 (7)	291 (11)
TC/HDL	3.43 ± 1.12	3.41 ± 1.16	3.44 ± 1.09	3.10 ± 1.00	3.81 ± 1.14
CVD	431 (8)	16 (0.6)	415 (15)	170 (6)	261 (10)

Values are presented as means ± SD or counts (relative frequencies) for continuous and categorical variables, respectively.