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.