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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2010 Mar 11;105(9):1297–1299. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2009.12.050

Table 1.

Characteristics of Participants by Sex

Variable Men (N = 1666) Women (N =1888)
Age (years) 47 (13) 47 (14)
Body mass index (kg/m2) 26.3 (3.5) 24.5 (4.4)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 126 (16) 120 (18)
Diabetes Mellitus 4% 2%
Smokers 35% 36%
High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (mg/dl) 42 (36–50) 53 (45–63)
Non-High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol (mg/dl) 159 (133–185) 146 (121–76)
Echocardiographic Traits
Left Ventricular Mass (gm) 186 (42) 128 (29)
Left Ventricular Wall Thickness (cm) 1.9 (0.3) 1.7 (0.2)
Left Ventricular End-Diastolic Dimension (cm) 5.1 (0.4) 4.6 (0.4)
Left Ventricular End-Systolic Dimension (cm) 3.3 (0.4) 2.9 (0.3)

Cells present mean (standard deviation) for age, body mass index, systolic blood pressure and echocardiographic traits, percentages for diabetes and smoking, and median (interquartile range; Q1 – Q3) for high density lipoprotein cholesterol and non- high density lipoprotein cholesterol.