Table 2. Basic descriptive statistics for the variables used in analysis of the association between sodium and 10 Years Risk of CHD in the ARIC Study (N = 12779).

	Mean	Median	Std Dev	5–95% Percentiles
Na+, mmol/l	141.0	141.0	2.4	137–145
Glucose, mmol/l	6.1	5.5	2.0	4.7–8.5
10 Years Risk of CHD, %	7.7	5.2	7.8	0.6–23.1
ln (10 Years Risk of CHD)	1.5	1.6	1.1	-0.5–3.1