Table 2.
Cardiovascular risk factors, prevalent cardiovascular disease, and predicted Framingham risk scores
| Current smoker | 20%(108/532a) |
| Left ventricular hypertrophy | 20%(102/513a) |
| Diabetes mellitus | |
| Pre | 20% |
| Post | 31% |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 133 ± 17 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 78 ± 10 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 5.2 ± 1.1 |
| HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.3 ± 0.4 |
| LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) | 3.0 ± 0.9 |
| Proteinuria (>negative) | 31% |
| Albumin (g/L) | 38 ± 4 |
| Hemoglobin (g/L) | 130 ± 16 |
| 10-yr cardiac risk score | 11.7 ± 11.0 |
| 10-yr stroke risk score | 8.7 ± 9.8 |
| Any cardiovascular diseaseb | 28% |
| Angina | 10.9% |
| Myocardial infarction | 11.3% |
| Congestive heart failure | 9.6% |
| Coronary bypass surgery/angioplasty | 7.2% |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 4.9% |
| Stroke | 4.6% |
| Atrial fibrillation | 3.0% |
a
Information was missing in some patients. Those without information on smoking or EKG were assumed to be nonsmokers in calculating cardiovascular disease risk (13).
b
An individual may have more than one cardiovascular disease.