Table 1.

Risk factors at baseline and death from coronary heart disease during the 11-year follow-up in men and women

	Men					Women
	Death from coronary heart disease				Mann–Whitney	Death from coronary heart disease				Mann–Whitney
	Yes		No		U test	Yes		No		U test
	N = 87		N = 960			N = 34		N = 1186
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	5.26	1.08	5.67	1.09	0.01	5.52	1.44	5.90	1.03	0.03
HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.21	0.30	1.37	0.36	<0.001	1.47	0.41	1.65	0.45	0.04
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	148	23	146	18	0.39	152	25	145	20	0.09
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	6.48	1.86	5.86	1.27	0.001	5.91	1.00	5.51	1.16	0.001
CVD risk score	18.2	3.5	15.9	3.7	<0.001	18.0	3.5	14.1	4.2	<0.001
LOT-R optimism score	8.37	2.15	8.34	2.11	0.97	8.45	2.31	8.40	2.07	0.87
LOT-R pessimism score	4.56	2.51	3.78	2.68	0.008	5.34	2.03	3.75	2.61	<0.001
	%		%		Chi-squared test p-value	%		%		Chi-squared test p-value
CHD at baseline	42.5		9.4		<0.001	51.4		5.7		<0.001
Use of drugs for hypertension	42.5		27.0		0.002	28.6		60.0		<0.001
Use of drugs for diabetes	19.5		5.2		<0.001	14.3		3.4		0.001
Regular smoker	20.7		15.9		0.25	2.9		9.5		0.18

HDL high-density lipoprotein, CVD cardiovascular disease, LOT-R Life Orientation Test – Revised, CHD coronary heart disease