Table 1.
Distribution of incident CHD and stroke cases and controls by age at enrollment and sex in the Greek-EPIC cohort.
| Age (years) | CHD (n = 494)
|
Stroke (n = 320)
|
Controls (n = 1345)
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | |
| <50 | 80 (23.2) | 5 (3.4) | 15 (9.0) | 8 (5.2) | 196 (23.3) | 27 (5.3) |
| 50–59 | 72 (20.9) | 23 (15.4) | 17 (10.2) | 15 (9.7) | 163 (19.4) | 71 (14.1) |
| 60–69 | 128 (37.1) | 78 (52.3) | 67 (40.4) | 80 (52.0) | 321 (38.2) | 265 (52.6) |
| ≥ 70 | 165 (18.8) | 43 (28.9) | 67 (40.4) | 51 (33.1) | 161 (19.1) | 141 (28.0) |
| Total | 345 (100.0) | 149 (100.0) | 166 (100.0) | 154 (100.0) | 841 (100.0) | 504 (100.0) |
| Mean (SD) | 59.8 (11.5) | 66.0 (7.2) | 66.3 (9.2) | 66.6 (8.0) | 60.1 (11.2) | 65.6 (7.6) |
| Median | 62.2 | 67.3 | 68.8 | 68.0 | 62.6 | 66.6 |
Values are numbers (percentages). Abbreviations: CHD = coronary heart disease; EPIC = European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition.