Table 1.

Distribution of Risk Factors as a Function of Prevalent CVD

Risk Factor	Without CVD (n = 2949)	With CVD (n = 367)	Total Popu- lation (n = 3316)	P, With vs Without CVD
Age, y	57.9 (9.6)	65.5 (8.3)	58.8 (9.8)	<.0001
Women, %	54.9	34.9	52.7	<.0001
Systolic BP, mm Hg	127.8 (18.7)	133.8 (19.4)	128.5 (18.9)	<.0001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	206.6 (39.6)	197.6 (42.4)	205.6 (40.0)	<.0001
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL	51.8 (16.1)	45.0 (15.0)	51.0 (16.1)	<.0001
Smoking, %	14.8	18.3	15.2	.0804
Diabetes, %	8.7	28.6	10.9	<.0001
Hypertension treatment, %	24.5	58.3	28.2	<.0001
Lipid treatment, %	9.7	38.7	12.9	<.0001
Mean CCA IMT, mm	0.60 (0.13)	0.71 (0.20)	0.61 (0.15)	<.0001
Maximum ICA IMT, mm	1.35 (0.77)	2.15 (1.02)	1.44 (0.84)	<.0001

Values in parentheses are SDs.