Table 6.

Clinical Characteristics of the RS Study Sample

Clinical characteristic	Mean±SD
Age, y	72 ±8
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	148 ±21
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	79 ±11
Total cholesterol, mmol/L	5.62 (1.27)*
High‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, mmol/L	1.45 ±0.40
Fasting blood glucose, mmol/L	5.50 (0.90)*
Body mass index, kg/m2	27.64 ±4.09

Dichotomous outcome	Number of participants (%)
Never smoker	591 (30.0)
Former smoker	1095 (55.6)
Current smoker	285 (14.5)
Incident diabetes	254 (13.3)
Incident hypertension	1555 (77.8)
Incident obesity	491 (21.0)
Incident cardiovascular disease	300 (15.0)
All‐cause mortality	1154 (57.7)

RS indicates Rotterdam Study.

^*Reported values are median and interquartile range.