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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2012 Mar 29;163(4):729–734. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2012.01.010

Table I.

Characteristics of 2,662* participant examinations included in the analysis.

Variable Characteristic
Age (years) 71.4 ± 7.6
Age of menopause (years) 49.8 ± 3.6
Body mass index (kg/m2) 25.9 ± 4.9
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 142 ± 22
Hypertension treatment 447 (17)
PR interval duration (msec) 164 ± 25
Significant murmur 142 (5.3)
Heart failure 51 (1.9)
*

The 2,662 baseline examinations correspond to pooled examinations from 1,829 unique individuals.

Data presented as mean ± standard deviation, or n (%).

Significant murmur defined as grade 3 out of 6 systolic or any diastolic murmur.