Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Population-based, Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)-free, Men and Women Aged 18–98 Years: Continuous Variables reported as mean ± standard deviation and categorical variables reported as number (percent of sample)

Variable	Mean (Standard Deviation) OR N (%)
Age, years	46.3 ± 18.3
Male	895 (49.9%)
Active smoker*	478 (26.6%)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	26.7 ± 5.1
Diabetes mellitus	58 (3.2%)
Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression score	7.2 ± 7.7
Center for Epidemiologic Studies- Depression grouping (10+ vs. 0–9)	477 (26.6%)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.3 ± 1.1
High density Lipoprotein (mmol/L)	1.3 ± 0.3
Low density Lipoprotein (mmol/L)	3.3 ± 0.9
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	124.2 ± 16.6
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	76.5 ± 9.4
Framingham risk score	1.4 ± 9.1
High sensitivity C-reactive protein (mg/L)**	0.17 ± 1.25
Interleukin-6 (pg/mL)**	0.16 ± 0.79
High sensitivity C-reactive protein ≥ 3.0 (mg/L)	465 (26.0%)
Soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ng/mL)	565.0 ± 329.7
Use of
Aspirin	73 (4.1%)
Lipid-lowering medication	23 (1.3%)
Antihypertensive medication	182 (10.1%)
Antidepressants	52 (2.9%)

Total sample size=1794.

^*Defined as smoking more than 1 cigarette per day in the past year.

^**log transformed (natural log)