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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 19.

Published in final edited form as: Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2008 Jun;40(6):998–1006. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31816722a9

TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics (means ± SD) of runners by self-reported physician-diagnosed hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes status.

	Hypertension		High Cholesterol		Diabetes
	Diagnosed	Not Diag.	Diagnosed	Not Diag.	Diagnosed	Not Diag.
Men
Sample (N)	2342	25118	3330	23987	197	28943
Age (yr)	48.5 ± 9.2^§	44.1 ± 10.3	47.7 ± 9.1^§	44.1 ± 10.5	48.3 ± 9.0^§	44.9 ± 10.4
Education (yr)	16.5 ± 2.5	16.5 ± 2.4	16.5 ± 2.5	16.5 ± 2.4	16.1 ± 2.4^*	16.5 ± 2.4
Follow-up duration (yr)	8.2 ± 1.7^§	7.7 ± 1.8	8.2 ± 1.7^§	7.7 ± 1.8	8.2 ± 1.8^‡	7.7 ± 1.8
BMI current (kg·m⁻²)	24.9 ± 2.8^§	23.7 ± 2.5	24.7 ± 2.7^§	23.7 ± 2.5	27.1 ± 3.8^§	23.8 ± 2.5
Running distance (km·wk⁻¹)	35.5 ± 21.4^§	38.3 ± 22.9	33.3 ± 19.6^§	38.8 ± 23.2	31.3 ± 21.1^‡	37.8 ± 22.7
10-km performance (m·s⁻¹)	3.8 ± 0.5^§	4.0 ± 0.5	3.8 ± 0.5^§	4.0 ± 0.5	3.5 ± 0.5^§	3.9 ± 0.5
Women
Sample (N)	499	11225	599	11051	28	11956
Age (yr)	44.7 ± 10.0^§	38.4 ± 9.9	44.2 ± 10.1^§	38.4 ± 9.9	45.7 ± 12.4^‡	38.9 ± 10.1
Education (yr)	15.8 ± 2.5	15.9 ± 2.4	15.6 ± 2.5^‡	15.9 ± 2.4	14.9 ± 2.2^*	15.9 ± 2.4
Follow-up duration (yr)	8.1 ± 1.8^§	7.4 ± 2.1	8.1 ± 1.8^§	7.4 ± 2.1	8.4 ± 1.2^†	7.4 ± 2.1
BMI current (kg·m⁻²)	22.4 ± 3.2^§	21.2 ± 2.3	22.1 ± 3.0^§	21.2 ± 2.3	24.7 ± 4.6^§	21.3 ± 2.4
Running distance (km·wk⁻¹)	33.5 ± 21.0^†	36.4 ± 21.6	31.5 ± 20.1^§	36.5 ± 21.7	25.4 ± 15.8^†	36.2 ± 21.6
10-km performance (m·s⁻¹)	3.3 ± 0.5^§	3.5 ± 0.5	3.3 ± 0.5^§	3.5 ± 0.5	3.0 ± 0.5^§	3.5 ± 0.5

Significance levels for differences are designated by

^*

for P < 0.05,

^†

for P < 0.01,

^‡

for P < 0.001, and

^§

for P < 0.0001.