Table 1.

Subject characteristics (n = 755)

Subject characteristic	Baseline	7-year follow-up
Age (years)	63 (55–72)	70 (62–80)
Gender (% male)	399 (52.8 %)	399 (52.8 %)
Weight (kg)	75.2 (56.6–97.6)	75.5 (56.1–98.5)
Height (cm)	165.0 (8.7)	164.7 (8.8)
Body mass index (kg/m2)	27.4 (21.8–35.5)	27.5 (21.5–36.0)
Triglyceride level (mmol/L)	1.10 (0.59–1.60)	1.13 (0.59–2.30)

Values represent means (standard deviations), medians (90 % range), or number of subjects (%)