Table III. Characteristics of the subjects in the Malmö Diet and Cancer Cardiovascular cohort.

Clinical character	All (n = 5056)
Males/Females N (%)	2054 (40.6)/3002 (59.4)
Age (years)	57.5 ± 5.9
Body mass index (kg/m2)	25.8 ± 3.9
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.4 ± 0.4
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	4.2 ± 1.0
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	6.2 ± 1.1
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	1.4 ± 0.8
Diabetes N (%)	416 (8.2)