Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants by Disease Status at Baseline
| Disease Status at Baseline | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | Diabetes | Stroke | MI | Diabetes and MI |
Diabetes and Stroke |
Stroke and MI |
Diabetes, Stroke, and MI |
|
| Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration (91 Studies; 689 300 Participants) | ||||||||
| No. (%) of participants | 627 518 (91.0) | 24 677 (3.6) | 8583 (1.2) | 21 591 (3.1) | 3233 (0.5) | 1321 (0.2) | 1836 (0.3) | 541 (0.1) |
| Age at survey, mean (SD), y | 52.1 (8.9) | 57.3 (8.1) | 50.9 (7.8) | 60.5 (7.0) | 69.4 (6.5) | 67.7 (6.8) | 69.8 (6.9) | 63.8 (6.9) |
| Male sex, No. (%)a | 305 031 (49) | 12 347 (50) | 4496 (52) | 14 643 (68) | 2121 (66) | 738 (56) | 1232 (67) | 322 (60) |
| Current smoker, No. (%)a | 197 335 (31) | 5343 (22) | 2086 (24) | 5759 (27) | 515 (16) | 224 (17) | 412 (22) | 82 (15) |
| Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg | 132 (19) | 141 (21) | 142 (22) | 139 (22) | 142 (22) | 150 (22) | 144 (23) | 146 (22) |
| Body mass index, mean (SD)b | 25.6 (4.2) | 27.9 (5.3) | 26.3 (4.5) | 26.6 (4.3) | 30.5 (4.8) | 29.0 (5.2) | 27.3 (4.5) | 28.1 (5.1) |
| Cholesterol, mean (SD), mmol/L | ||||||||
| Total | 5.84 (1.12) | 5.67 (1.18) | 5.85 (1.12) | 5.87 (1.15) | 5.93 (1.14) | 5.70 (1.18) | 5.76 (1.14) | 5.30 (1.15) |
| High-density lipoprotein | 1.37 (0.39) | 1.24 (0.37) | 1.33 (0.40) | 1.22 (0.36) | 1.10 (0.34) | 1.15 (0.34) | 1.12 (0.37) | 1.06 (0.33) |
| UK Biobank (499 808 Participants) | ||||||||
| No. (%) of participants | 461 754 (92.4) | 18 549 (3.7) | 6835 (1.4) | 8770 (1.8) | 2036 (0.4) | 966 (0.2) | 668 (0.1) | 230 (0.05) |
| Age at survey, mean (SD), y | 56.7 (8.1) | 59.6 (7.2) | 60.8 (7.0) | 62.1 (6.3) | 62.7 (5.7) | 62.2 (6.2) | 62.5 (6.1) | 61.7 (6.5) |
| Male sex, No. (%)c | 202 816 (44) | 11 184 (60) | 3683 (54) | 6981 (80) | 1709 (84) | 627 (65) | 500 (75) | 178 (77) |
| Current smoker, No. (%)c | 47 771 (10) | 1983 (11) | 1057 (15) | 1249 (14) | 277 (14) | 131 (14) | 145 (22) | 55 (24) |
| Systolic blood pressure, mean (SD), mm Hg | 137 (19) | 141 (17) | 140 (19) | 136 (19) | 138 (19) | 141 (19) | 137 (20) | 137 (18) |
| Body mass index, mean (SD)b | 27.2 (4.7) | 31.2 (5.9) | 28.3 (4.9) | 28.8 (4.6) | 31.8 (5.4) | 31.8 (5.9) | 29.3 (5.1) | 31.9 (5.3) |
| Education (vocational or university), No./Total (%) | 278 419/457 263 (61) | 9813/18 162 (54) | 3344/6746 (50) | 4127/8636 (48) | 851/1989 (43) | 409/945 (43) | 281/657 (43) | 89/224 (40) |
| Food consumption | ||||||||
| Meat (≥2/wk), No. (%)c | 301 797 (65) | 13 006 (70) | 4555 (67) | 6154 (70) | 1479 (73) | 672 (70) | 474 (71) | 158 (69) |
| Fruit (≥3/d)c | 165 676 (36) | 7915 (43) | 2393 (35) | 2966 (34) | 824 (41) | 433 (45) | 224 (34) | 99 (43) |
Abbreviation: MI, myocardial infarction.
SI conversion factors: To convert high-density lipoprotein and total cholesterol to mg/dL, divide by 0.0259.
a
The denominators used to calculate the percentages are in row 2 of this Table.
b
Calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared.
c
The denominators used to calculate the percentages are in row 12 of this Table.