Table 1.
Basic characteristics according to use of statins at baseline in the Health Professionals Follow-up Study and the Nurses’ Health Study (1994)
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Use of Statins | Use of Statins | |||
| No | Yes | No | Yes | |
| n | 34,886 | 3,306 | 83,145 | 7,729 |
| Age, y | 62.0 | 61.9 | 58.2 | 58.3 |
| Current smokers, % | 6.1 | 5.2 | 13.4 | 13.1 |
| Past smokers, % | 49.8 | 55.5 | 42.3 | 45.9 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.9 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 27.6 |
| Alcohol intake, g/d | 11.1 | 11.6 | 5.0 | 4.0 |
| Caffeine intake, mg/d | 232 | 216 | 240 | 215 |
| Lactose intake, g/d | 14.8 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 15.7 |
| Physical activity, Met/wk | 36.4 | 33.2 | 19.7 | 18.0 |
| Use of ibuprofen, % | 12.9 | 15.4 | 24.8 | 30.2 |
| Duration of hypercholesterolemia, y | 2.1 | 6.5 | 3.0 | 8.4 |
| Coronary heart disease, % | 2.0 | 7.4 | 0.8 | 5.2 |
| Hypertension, % | 31.4 | 49.7 | 36.1 | 60.3 |
| Diabetes, % | 5.3 | 9.4 | 5.9 | 14.4 |