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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 14.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chim Acta. 2010 Oct 16;412(1-2):199–202. doi: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.10.003

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of white female participants.

Characteristic N=23,294
Age, years 52 (48, 59)
Body-mass index, kg/m2 24.89 (22.46, 28.32)
History of diabetes, % 2.52
History of hyperlipidemia ≥240 mg/dL, % 29.76
History of hypertension ≥140/90 mmHg, % 24.61
Smoking status
 current 11.64
 past 37.45
 never 50.91
Postmenopausal, % 54.45
Current hormone use, % 43.86
Aspirin use, % 49.87
Beta-carotene use, % 49.81
Vitamin E use, % 50.08

Data are median and interquartile range for continuous, and percentages for categorical variables.