Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the CARLA study population (2002-2006)
| Women (n = 812) | Men (n = 967) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (Standard deviation) or Proportion | N | Mean (Standard deviation) or Proportion | |||
| Age (yrs) | 812 | 63.7 | (9.9) | 967 | 64.9 | (10.2) |
| Heart rate | 812 | 71.5 | (10.6) | 966 | 71.34 | (12.4) |
| LDL/HDL-Quotient | 807 | 2.4 | (0.9) | 960 | 2.8 | (1.0) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 812 | 28.5 | (5.4) | 967 | 28.5 | (4.1) |
| Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) | 812 | 0.9 | (0.1) | 967 | 1.0 | (0.1) |
| Smoking: | ||||||
| Current | 119 | 17.1% | 225 | 27.6% | ||
| Past | 140 | 18.1% | 496 | 46.9% | ||
| Never | 553 | 64.8% | 245 | 25.5% | ||
| Packyears of tobacco products | 812 | 4.3 | (9.0) | 964 | 15.6 | (16.6) |
| Currently smoked no. of tobacco products/day | 812 | 1.9 | (5.4) | 966 | 3.8 | (8.8) |
| Alcohol consumption % >20 (female)/30 (male) g/day | 32 | 4.5% | 197 | 22.5% | ||
| Alcohol g/day | 812 | 4.1 | (7.1) | 964 | 17.5 | (18.67) |
| Sports: % active (any sports) | 347 | 42.3% | 296 | 31.3% | ||
| Sport-index | 808 | 2.4 | (0.7) | 962 | 2.4 | (0.7) |
| Leisure-time-index | 810 | 3.1 | (0.6) | 966 | 3.1 | (0.6) |
| MET-hours per week1 | 347 | 9.6 | (7.6) | 296 | 13.1 | (10.4) |
| Dietary pattern index | 812 | 16.4 | (3.2) | 965 | 14.5 | (3.2) |
| Education (years of training): | ||||||
| <= 10 years | 122 | 13.6% | 36 | 4.2% | ||
| 11-13 years | 387 | 47.0% | 391 | 42.0% | ||
| 14-17 years | 231 | 29.1% | 335 | 32.7% | ||
| >= 18 years | 72 | 10.2% | 205 | 21.1% | ||
| Drug use: | ||||||
| Betablockers | 279 | 33.2% | 307 | 27.6% | ||
| ACE-Inhibitors | 254 | 28.5% | 340 | 30.2% | ||
| Disease prevalence: | ||||||
| Myocardial infarction (MI)2 | 17 | 1.9% | 88 | 7.6% | ||
| Stroke | 27 | 2.8% | 42 | 3.5% | ||
| Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)3 | 48 | 5.2% | 153 | 12.7% | ||
| Hypertension4 | 608 | 71.2% | 789 | 78.7% | ||
| Diabetes mellitus5 | 120 | 13.1% | 154 | 15.9% | ||
1MET: metabolic equivalent
2MI: defined as self-reported physician-diagnosed myocardial infarction and/or definite MI by physician-validated Minnesota Code of the 10-second ECG
3CVD: including prevalent myocardial infarction, coronary artery bypass graft, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, stroke, carotid surgery
4Hypertension defined as SBP >= 140 and/or DBP >= 90 mmHg, and/or use of antihypertensive medication by ATC code
5Diabetes defined as self-reported physician-diagnosed diabetes mellitus and/or use of anti-diabetic medication by ATC code