Table 5.

Characteristics of the discovery and replication samples. Clinical characteristics and demographics of the study cohort are given.

	Discovery Sample		Replication Sample		Pooled Sample
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Age (quartiles)
30yrs – 68yrs	121	26.42	59	24.58	180	25.79
69yrs – 78yrs	141	30.79	72	30	213	30.52
79yrs – 82yrs	91	19.87	43	17.92	134	19.2
83yrs – 104yrs	105	22.93	66	27.5	171	24.5
Gender
Men	211	46.07	102	42.5	313	44.84
Women	247	53.93	138	57.5	385	55.16
Site
Greve	188	41.05	154	64.17	342	49
Bagno a Ripoli	270	58.95	86	35.83	356	51
Education
Nothing	65	14.19	29	12.08	94	13.47
Elementary	199	43.45	123	51.25	322	46.13
Secondary	55	12.01	38	15.83	93	13.32
High school	62	13.54	25	10.42	87	12.46
University /              Professional	77	16.81	25	10.42	102	14.61
Pack years smoked (lifetime)
None	249	54.37	130	54.17	379	54.30
<20	97	21.18	56	23.33	153	21.92
20–39	71	15.50	30	12.50	101	14.47
40+	35	7.64	20	8.33	55	7.88
missing	6	1.31	4	1.67	10	1.43
Waist Circumference (cm)
Mean (sd)	458	95.6 (12.4)	240	94.8 (11.5)	698	95.3 (12.1)