Table 4. Summary demographics of the replication case-control populations used in this study.
| Cohorta | Case/Control | Male/Female | Age mean (SD) | BMI mean (SD) | SBP mean (SD) | DBP mean (SD) |
| BRIGHT | 1700/1700 | 1304/2096 | 59.4(9.1) | 26.3(3.6) | 171.1(16.4)/123.6(10.4) | 103.7(8.1)/76.8(6.9) |
| LOLIPOP | 485/458 | 587/356 | 52.1 (11.3) | 26.2(3.9) | 154.8(17.9)/108.6(9.7) | 95.4(7.8)/65.0(5.6) |
| Whitehall I | 466/536 | 1002/- | 48.2(4.8) | 24.4(2.9) | 163.8(14.7)/106.9(6.4) | 102.2(9.3)/64.4(5.9) |
| HYPEST | 596/650 | 397/849 | 48.8(13.6) | 26.4(4.3) | 144.2(18)/128(8.2) | 87.6 (10.4)/80.6(6.3) |
| Whitehall II | 4867 | 3620/1247 | 55.4 (5.9) | 26.0 (3.9) | 122 (15.9) | 77.1(10.4) |
| ELSA | 5422 | 2323/2745 | 63.6 (9.4) | 27.8 (4.7) | 136.1 (18.8) | 75.7 (11.0) |
| Olivetti | 971 | 971/- | 51.5 (7.0) | 27 (3.0) | 129.7 (16.9) | 84 (9.7) |
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BRIGHT study summary demographics are included for comparison.