Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Men and Women in the Cooper Center Longitudinal Study

	Overall N=62 726	Men N=46 575	Women N=16 151
Age, y	43.98 (9.77)	43.99 (9.53)	43.98 (10.44)
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	119.6 (14.21)	121.9 (13.37)	113.07 (14.52)
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg	80.2 (9.91)	81.62 (9.62)	76.17 (9.62)
Hypertension	18 035 (29%)	15 118 (32%)	2917 (18%)
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	205.27 (39.64)	207.55 (39.93)	198.69 (38.03)
Body mass index, kg/m2	25.89 (4.31)	26.74 (3.94)	23.44 (4.41)
Triglycerides, mg/dL	126.95 (102.27)	138.37 (110.25)	94.03 (64.09)
Smokers, N (%)	9839 (16%)	8274 (18%)	1565 (10%)
Diabetes, N (%)	2296 (4%)	1950 (4%)	346 (2%)
Glucose, mg/dL	98.42 (16.42)	100.15 (16.92)	93.45 (13.73)
Low fitness, N (%)	9935 (16%)	7932 (17%)	2003 (12%)

Data are presented as mean (SD) or N (%).