Table 1. Baseline characteristics of the 882 Normative Aging Study participants.

	Mean ± SD	5%	50%	95%
Age (years)	72.4±6.9	62	72	84
BMI (kg/m2)	28.3±4.1	22.5	27.8	35.2
Fibrinogen *	350±88.2	239	334	529
CRP **	3.1±5.7	0.3	1.7	9.0
ICAM-1 ***	298±101.8	188	288	433
VCAM-1 ***	1050±356.1	634	988	1622
	N (%)
Diabetes	113 (14%)
Smoking
-Never	233 (28%)
-Current	37 (67%)
-Former	552 (5%)
Statin use	296 (36%)

*mg/dL.

**mg/L.

***ng/mL.