Table 1.

Study population characteristics

		Cases
Characteristics	Controls (n=2682)	Myocardial infarction (n=848)	Ischemic stroke (n=368)
Men	41.6 %	42.8 %	31.4 %
Mean Age (years)	65.2	65.8	68.5
Whites	91.1 %	91.1 %	90.8 %
Blacks	3.8 %	3.7 %	6.0 %
Other	5.1 %	5.1 %	3.2 %
Smoker
Never/Non smoker	46.2 %	37.1 %	50.8 %
Former	43.8 %	44.6 %	36.5 %
Current	10.0 %	18.3 %	12.7 %
Treated Hypertension	73.1 %	71.6 %	71.4 %
Treated Diabetes Mellitus	11.4 %	24.1 %	24.3 %
Mean Body Mass Index (kg/m2)	29.5	30.1	30.0