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. 2015 Feb 6;10(2):e0117684. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117684

Table 1. Baseline Characteristics of cases in the British Heart Foundation-Family Heart Study and the Myocardial Infarction Genetics studies.

N (%) BHF-FHS MIGen
n 2101 2943
Age (years) 60.1 (8.1) 42.82 (7.25)
Age at diagnosis (years) 49.8 (7.7) 42.82 (7.25)
Male (n, %) 1655 (78.8) 2287 (77.71%)
MI (n, %) 1538 (73.2) 2943 (100%)
Type 2 diabetes (n, %) 235 (11.2) 315 (10.70%)
Hypertension (n, %) 920 (43.8) 988 (33.57%)
Family history (n, %) 2101 (100) -
BMI (kg/m2) 27.7 (4.3) 27.67 (5.14)
Current smoker (n, %) 914 (43.5) 1441 (48.96)

Data are means and standard deviations or counts and percentages, BHF-FHS: British Heart Foundation Family Heart Study; MIGen: Myocardial Infarction Genetics Consortium; MI: myocardial infarction; BMI: body mass index.