Table 1—

Descriptive statistics of the participants

Age (years)	59.0 ± 7.0
Marital status (% married)	79.6
Education (% above high school education)	76.3
Ethnicity (% Caucasian)	96.7
Fasting glucose at baseline (mmol/l)	5.48 ± 0.52
Fasting glucose at follow-up (mmol/l)	5.65 ± 0.96
BMI at baseline (kg/m2)	26.6 ± 3.2
HDL cholesterol at baseline (mmol/l)	1.30 ± 0.35
LDL cholesterol at baseline (mmol/l)	4.23 ± 0.93
Total cholesterol at baseline (mmol/l)	6.27 ± 1.05
Triglycerides at baseline (mmol/l)	1.59 ± 0.90
Systolic blood pressure at baseline (mmHg)	127.3 ± 15.0
Diastolic blood pressure at baseline (mmHg)	78.7 ± 8.1

Data are means ± SD or percent.