Table 2.
Characteristics of the entire cohort stratified by presence or absence of cardiovascular disease
| Risk factor |
With CVD |
Without CVD |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 111 | N = 298 | |||
| Age (years) |
|
66.6(±13.5) |
58.6(±15.2) |
<0.001 |
| Mean (SD) | ||||
| Age at 1st CVD endpoint (yrs) |
|
52.6(±14.6) |
NA |
NA |
| Mean (SD) | ||||
| Sex (M/F,%) |
|
60.4/39.6 |
38.6/61.4 |
<0.001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
|
26.2(±4.5) |
26.1(±4.9) |
0.456 |
| Mean (SD) | ||||
| Diabetes (%) |
|
13.5 |
3.7 |
0.001 |
| Family history (%) |
|
|
0.019 |
|
| No family history of pre-mature CVD |
39.5 |
49.8 |
||
| Family history of CVD; pre-mature |
60.5 |
50.2 |
||
| Smoking (%) |
|
|
|
<0.001 |
| |
Never smoked |
39.6 |
63.4 |
|
| |
Ever smoked |
60.4 |
36.6 |
|
| Hypertension (%) |
|
34.2 |
18.5 |
0.001 |
| Deaths (%) | 15.3 | 2.3 | <0.001 | |