Table 1. Characteristics of the 4,231 individuals from the CoLaus study.
| Men (N = 1,976) | Women (N = 2,255) | ||||
| Mean or % | SD | Mean or % | SD | P value | |
| Age (years) | 53.5 | 10.9 | 53.8 | 10.8 | 0.466 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 27.1 | 3.8 | 25.2 | 4.4 | <0.001 |
| Cigarette smoking (%) | 27.2 | - | 23.8 | - | 0.010 |
| Regular alcohol consumption (%) | 35.6 | - | 15.6 | - | <0.001 |
| Post-menopause (%) | - | - | 57.0 | - | |
| Fasting blood glucose≥7 mmol/L (%) | 10.2 | - | 3.46 | - | <0.001 |
| Fasting blood glucose≥6.1 mmol/L* (%) | 20.7 | 7.8 | <0.001 | ||
| SBP≥140 and or DBP≥90 mmHg (%) | 45.6 | - | 31.4 | - | <0.001 |
| SBP≥130 and or DBP≥80 mmHg (%)* | 62.5 | - | 45.7 | - | <0.001 |
| Waist circumference≥102 cm in men or≥88 cm in women* (%) | 27.5 | 31.6 | 0.004 | ||
| HDL-cholesterol<1.04 in men or<1.30 mmol/L in women* (%) | 11.3 | 13.5 | 0.028 | ||
| Triglycerides≥1.69 mmol/L* (%) | 35.2 | 16.0 | <0.001 | ||
| ATPIII Metabolic syndrome (%) | 22.8 | - | 13.7 | <0.001 | |
| eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m2) | 86.0 | 16.9 | 80.6 | 15.3 | <0.001 |
| Serum calcium (mmol/L) | 2.29 | 0.09 | 2.29 | 0.10 | 0.162 |
| Serum albumin (g/L) | 44.6 | 2.5 | 43.8 | 2.4 | <0.001 |
| Albumin-corrected calcium (mmol/L) | 2.21 | 0.08 | 2.22 | 0.09 | 0.017 |
*criteria used for the ATPIII Metabolic syndrome definition. SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDL-cholesterol, high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol; eGFR, GFR estimated using the MDRD formula.