Table 1. General clinical characteristics of the study cohorts.

Phenotype	SHS	CoLaus	GerMIFS
No. of subjects	629	5478	3030
No. of families	207	0	1261
No. of men (%)	313 (49.8)	2,612 (47.7)	1,835 (60.6)
Age, years	45.8±15.7	53.2±10.8	59.1±10.7
BMI, kg/m2	26.8±4.7	25.8±4.6	27.2±3.9
LDL-cholesterol, mmol/l	4.0±1.10	3.47±1.01	4.17±1.14
HDL-cholesterol, mmol/l	0.98±0.29	1.63±0.44	1.36±0.38
Triglycerides, mmol/l	1.76±1.10	1.40±1.21	2.19±1.42a
Lipid-lowering medication (%)	0	472 (8.6)	Excluded

Abbreviations: CoLaus: population-based cohort of Lausanne; GerMIFS: German Myocardial Infarction Family Study; SHS: Silesian Hypertension Study.

Data are means±SD or counts and percentages.

^aNon-fasting.