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) |
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| N (%) | Men 4241 (42) |
Women 5759 (58) |
Men 3737 (44) |
Women 4723 (56) |
Men 504 (33) |
Women 1036 (67) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| Diabetes | 400 (9) | 416 (7) | 331 (9) | 300 (6) | 69 (14) | 116 (11) |
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| 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) |