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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Oct 7;36(2):555–564. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.09.014

Table 3. Baseline characteristics of the first 10,000 randomized ASPREE participants.

Means and standard deviations unless otherwise specified. 3MS = Modified Mini-Mental State Examination [15].

Characteristics All
10000
Australia
8460 (85)
US
1540 (15)

N (%) Men
4241 (42)
Women
5759 (58)
Men
3737 (44)
Women
4723 (56)
Men
504 (33)
Women
1036 (67)

Age (years) 75.3 (4.5) 75.6 (4.6) 75.5 (4.4) 75.8 (4.4) 73.9 (4.9) 74.7 (5.4)

Height (cm) 172.9 (6.7) 159.2 (6.5) 172.8 (6.6) 159.2 (6.2) 174.4 (7.3) 160.5 (7.3)

Weight (kg) 83.4 (13.0) 71.0 (13.9) 82.9 (12.6) 70.5 (13.6) 86.8 (15.5) 73.4 (15.2)

BMI (kg/m2) 27.8 (3.9) 27.9 (5.2) 27.7 (3.8) 27.8 (5.1) 28.5 (4.6) 28.4 (5.5)

Blood pressure (mmHg) 141.6/78.8 138.7/77.9 142.4/79.0 139.7/78.3 135.8/77.4 133.7/76.1
SBP/DBP 2222 (52) 2560 (44) 2037 (55) 2221 (47) 185 (37) 339 (33)
SBP >140 N (%) 483 (11) 674 (12) 434 (12) 587 (12) 49 (10) 87 (8)
DBP> 90 N (%) 743 (18) 917 (16) 687 (18) 785 (17) 56 (11) 132 (13)
SBP>140
DBP<80 N (%)

Diabetes 400 (9) 416 (7) 331 (9) 300 (6) 69 (14) 116 (11)
 N (%)

Cognition 3MS scores 92.9 (4.8) 94.1 (4.5) 92.9 (4.7) 94.1 (4.4) 93.2 (5.3) 94.3 (4.9)