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Published in final edited form as: J Bone Miner Res. 2007 Sep;22(9):1449–1454. doi: 10.1359/jbmr.070519

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 1453 women and 1046 men in the Framingham Study according to absence (score 0) or presence (score 1+) of aortic calcification, 1967-70

	Women			Men

	Aortic calcification			Aortic calcification
	Absent	Present	Total	Absent	Present	Total
Number	602 (41%)	851 (59%)	1453	340 (33%)	706 (67%)	1046
Age (yr)	57	64	61	56	62	60
Weight (kg)	65	64	64	80	77	78
Height (cm)	159	158	158	172	171	171
Body mass index (kg/m²)	26	26	26	27	26	27
Cholesterol (mg/dl)	223	244	236	213	218	216
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	132	146	140	133	142	139
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (%)	1	7	5	4	7	6
Current smoker (%)	28	35	32	30	39	36
Current estrogen use(%)	18	12	14	-	-
Coronary heart disease (%)	3	12	8	9	18	15