Table 2.
Sample characteristics
| Categories | MONICA men |
HAPIEE men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CZ | PL-W | PL-T | LT | RU | CZ | PL-K | RU | |
| N | 636 | 1253 | 1267 | 1651 | 2576 | 2659 | 3456 | 3246 |
| Mean age (SD), years | 50.8 (7.1) | 51.9 (7.0) | 52.5 (6.8) | 51.3 (7.1) | 52.3 (6.8) | 58.0 (7.1) | 57.2 (7.0) | 57.5 (7.0) |
| Age groups, % | ||||||||
| 40–44 | 27.0 | 21.6 | 17.4 | 23.8 | 17.7 | — | — | — |
| 45–49 | 22.5 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 19.3 | 22.6 | 17.3 | 20.4 | 18.9 |
| 50–54 | 21.1 | 20.0 | 21.6 | 18.1 | 20.8 | 19.6 | 21.7 | 21.3 |
| 55–59 | 15.9 | 22.5 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 23.1 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 21.6 |
| 60–64 | 13.5 | 15.1 | 17.0 | 15.9 | 15.8 | 21.6 | 18.3 | 18.2 |
| 65+ | — | — | — | — | — | 20.8 | 18.2 | 20.0 |
| Current smoking, % | 40.3 | 52.5 | 56.3 | 35.1 | 53.1 | 26.6 | 32.9 | 51.0 |
| Mean TC (SD), mmol/L | 6.2 (1.3) | 5.6 (1.0) | 5.5 (1.0) | 6.0 (1.2) | 5.5 (1.2) | 5.7 (1.0) | 5.8 (1.1) | 6.0 (1.2) |
| Mean SBP (SD), mm Hg | 139.0 (20.7) | 142.2 (23.8) | 136.6 (21.2) | 137.3 (20.0) | 136.3 (20.2) | 143.8 (18.4) | 141.6 (20.2) | 141.6 (22.7) |
|
MONICA women |
HAPIEE women |
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| CZ | PL-W | PL-T | LT | RU | CZ | PL-K | RU | |
| N | 704 | 1151 | 1462 | 1650 | 2677 | 3359 | 3753 | 4044 |
| Mean age (SD), years | 51.2 (7.2) | 51.8 (7.0) | 52.4 (6.9) | 50.9 (7.1) | 52.2 (7.0) | 57.4 (7.1) | 56.6 (6.9) | 57.3 (7.1) |
| Age groups, % | ||||||||
| 40–44 | 24.0 | 21.8 | 18.3 | 24.6 | 19.4 | — | — | — |
| 45–49 | 24.9 | 21.6 | 21.6 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 19.6 | 22.8 | 20.6 |
| 50–54 | 17.6 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 19.6 | 20.8 | 21.2 | 23.4 | 20.8 |
| 55–59 | 18.2 | 20.9 | 21.1 | 19.3 | 20.5 | 18.2 | 20.6 | 21.8 |
| 60–64 | 15.3 | 15.3 | 17.6 | 15.5 | 17.3 | 23.7 | 17.7 | 17.2 |
| 65+ | — | — | — | — | — | 17.3 | 15.5 | 19.6 |
| Current smoking, % | 20.6 | 31.2 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 21.0 | 25.1 | 10.1 |
| Mean TC (SD), mmol/L | 6.3 (1.3) | 5.7 (1.0) | 5.7 (1.1) | 6.3 (1.2) | 5.9 (1.3) | 5.9 (1.0) | 5.9 (1.1) | 6.5 (1.3) |
| Mean SBP (SD), mm Hg | 137.7 (21.7) | 142.6 (25.1) | 141.6 (24.3) | 137.3 (22.7) | 138.5 (22.6) | 134.2 (19.4) | 133.2 (20.8) | 141.6 (25.7) |
CZ, Czech Republic; LT, Lithuania; PL-K, Poland (Krakow); PL-T, Poland (Tarnobrzeg); PL-W, Poland (Warsaw); RU, Russia. SBP, systolic blood pressure; SD, standard deviation; TC, total cholesterol.