Table 1.

Demorgraphic Information of samples by field centers

	ALL	Boston	Columbia	Denmark	Pittsburgh
N	1384	358	199	545	282
Female (%)	821 (59.3)	220 (61.5)	120 (60.3)	299 (54.9)	182 (64.5)
Age (mean ± SE)	61.9 ± 0.3	60.8 ± 0.6	63.6 ± 0.9	61.7 ± 0.4	62.6 ± 0.8
TG (mean ± SE)	101.23 ± 1.7	101 ± 3.6	101. ± 5.7	104. ± 2.7	95.4 ± 2.8
HDL-C (mean ± SE)	63.54 ± 0.5	63.3 ± 1.0	63.4 ± 1.3	64.3 ± 0.7	62.5 ± 1.0
ΔTHR (mean ± SE)	0.0 ± 2.7	−0.1 ± 2.8	−0.5 ± 2.8	0.4 ± 2.7	−0.2 ± 2.7

Boston = Boston University

Columbia = Columbia University

Denmark = University of Southern Denmark

Pittsburgh = University of Pittsburgh

Age is age in years at baseline Visit 1; Values denote mean ± standard Error (SE)

TG denotes Triglyceride assayed in mg/dl at baseline Visit 1

ΔTHR = longitudinal change of Triglyceride/HDL-Cholesterol estimated with values from Visit 1 and Visit 2