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. 2017 May 12;357:j1949. doi: 10.1136/bmj.j1949

Table 3.

Characteristics of deceased men and women in first generation cohort. Values are mean (SD) unless stated otherwise

Characteristics Cause of death
All cardiovascular disease (n=1151) Coronary heart disease (n=630) Non-cardiovascular disease (n=2463)
No of examinations 15.1 (6.7) 14.1 (6.0) 16.3 (7.0)
Age at death (years) 77.1 (11.8) 74.2 (11.4) 80.9 (12.0)
No (%) of women 541 (47.0) 229 (36.4) 1429 (58.0)
Age of hypertension onset (years):
 <45 295 (25.6) 185 (29.4) 391 (15.9)
 46-54 211 (18.3) 120 (19.1) 343 (13.9)
 55-64 198 (17.2) 90 (14.3) 400 (16.2)
 ≥65 185 (16.1) 79 (12.5) 526 (21.4)
No (%) with no hypertension 262 (22.8) 156 (24.8) 803 (32.6)
No (%) current smoker* 697 (60.6) 397 (63.0) 1459 (59.2)
Cholesterol (mmol/L)* 6.4 (1.2) 6.0 (1.2) 5.6 (1.1)
No (%) with diabetes mellitus* 15 (1.3) 8 (1.3) 10 (0.4)

*At first examination cycle where data were available.