Table 1.
Baseline profiles of cardiovascular risk factors
| n | 1578 |
| Age (years) | 66·2 ± 8·5 |
| Gender (male%) | 68·8 |
| Height (cm)/weight (kg) | 160·3 ± 8·7/61·1 ± 10·2 |
| Hypertension (%) | 75·9 |
| Diabetes mellitus (%) | 23·3 |
| Smoking habit (%) | |
| Current smoker/past smoker/nonsmoker/unknown | 16·5/36·9/44·8/0·9 |
| T. Chol/HDL-C/LDL-C (mg/dl) | 210·0 ± 24·7/53·5 ± 15·8/129·5 ± 24·5 |
| Triglyceride (mg/dl) | 142·2 ± 74·2 |
| Systolic/diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 137·1 ± 17·8/79·3 ± 11·3 |
| Levels of blood pressure ≥150/90 mmHg (%) | 39·0 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mg/dl) | 117·6 ± 41·0 |
| Use of antiplatelet agents (%) | 90·7 |
| Coronary artery disease (%) | 5·1 |
The data are the mean ± SD for continuous variables. HDL-C, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; T. Chol, total cholesterol.