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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Lancet. 2008 Mar 15;371(9616):923–931. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60418-3

Table 1.

Risk factor profile in the NHEFS population

Women
(n=3349)
Men (n=2837)
Age, years 47·4 (14·1) 48·3 (14·0)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 131·0 (23·3) 133·8 (19·8)
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 222·5 (48·1) 218·9 (44·6)
Current smoking (%) 36·19 48·64
Past smoking (%) 10·27 24·92
Diabetes (%) 4·09 3·56
Body-mass index 25·5 (5·7) 25·8 (4·13)
Current treatment for hypertension (%) 11·41 7·65

Data are mean (SD).

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