Appendix Table 1.

Descriptive Statistics at Interview/Exam Three (1983–1987) by Lifetime Statin Use Full Sample Including Low-cholesterol Group

	Males		Females
	Never Statin User	Ever Statin User	Never Statin User	Ever Statin User
Age	47.7	50.4 (0.00)**	47.0	51.7 (0.00)**
Married	0.84	0.89 (0.05)**	0.79	0.79 (0.92)
Education (More than HS)	0.85	0.84 (0.53)	0.88	0.84(0.07) *
Total Cholesterol	204.4	239.2 (0.00)**	203.5	248.5 (0.00)**
Weight	185.0	188.2 (0.07) *	146.3	150.2 (0.07) *
BMI	27.3	28.1(0.00)**	25.2	26.4(0.00)**
Overweight (BMI>25)	0.75	0.81 (0.02)**	0.41	0.61 (0.00)**
Obese (BMI>30)	0.21	0.27 (0.01)**	0.15	0.18 (0.21)
Drinker	0.80	0.77 (0.32)	0.67	0.58(0.01)**
Alcohol>3 Oz/Week	0.43	0.38(0.16)	0.18	0.16 (0.48)
Smoker	0.26	0.27 (0.84)	0.27	0.31 (0.17)
Heavy Smoker (>20 Cigarettes per Day)	0.14	0.14 (0.99)	0.09	0.10 (0.76)
Sedentary (Hours per Day)	6.45	6.64 (0.35)	5.99	6.01 (0.94)
Vigorous (Hours per Day)	1.46	1.11 (0.01)**	1.02	1.07 (0.59)
Systolic Blood Pressure	124.8	128.6 (0.00)**	119.7	128.6(0.00)**
Diastolic Blood Pressure	80.9	82.7 (0.00)**	76.5	80.2(0.00)**
Blood Pressure Medication	0.14	0.25(0.00)**	0.10	0.29 (0.00)**
Regular Aspirin Use	0.11	0.13 (0.39)	0.12	0.18 (0.02)**
Saw a Physician for a Check-up	0.58	0.70 (0.00)**	0.79	0.86 (0.01)**
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD)	0.04	0.14 (0.00)**	0.02	0.07 (0.00)**
Father CVD	0.53	0.57 (0.39)	0.51	0.59 (0.10)
Father Dead	0.53	0.63 (0.03)**	0.58	0.72 (0.00)
Mother CVD	0.35	0.42 (0.09)**	0.33	0.50 (0.00)**
Mother Dead	0.29	0.40 (0.01)**	0.31	0.43 (0.01)**
Number of Observations	1,016	323	1,146	239

Notes: Sample sizes differ slightly for each variable because of missing values.

^**indicates that the mean of the Ever Statin User group is statistically different at 0.05 level of significance from the mean of the Never Statin User group (p-values in parentheses).