. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 6.

Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Health Aging. 2009 Aug;13(7):587–593. doi: 10.1007/s12603-009-0168-9

Table 1.

Main characteristics of the sample population.

	Mean ± SD, or % N=336
Age (years)	85.8 ± 4.8
Gender (Women)	66.7
Current smoking	2.4
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	25.7 ± 4.5
Physical activity	60.4
Coronary heart disease	11.9
Congestive heart failure	5.7
Cerebrovascular disease	4.2
Diabetes	30.1
Hypertension	73.2
Peripheral artery disease	2.7
Cancer	4.2
Albumin (g/dL)	4.2 ± 0.3
Non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs	12.2
Statins	6.0
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	197.9 ± 44.7
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	130.8 ± 38.8
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	46.2 ± 13.5
Triglycerides (mg/dL)^*	137.5 (99.3–178.8)
C reactive protein (mg/L)^*	2.9 (1.4–5.3)

SD: standard deviation

Expressed as median (interquartile range)