Table 3.

Clinical features of the ALFA parent cohort participants

Descriptor	General population		ALFA population
	Men	Women	Men	Women
Hypertension∗	47.0	39.0	51.6	34.2
Diabetes†	13.0	10.0	6.3	3.5
Dyslipidemia†	35	32	35.8	29.4
BMI 25–29.9	51.0	36.0	52.3	36.5
BMI ≥30	29.0	29.0	24.3	18.0
Smoker	33.0	21.0	23.6	25.7
Ex-smoker‡	36.0	14.0	61.1	55.6
Nonsmoker	32.0	66.0	15.3	18.7

NOTE. Percentages are shown.

^∗Self-reported hypertension + systolic/diastolic ≥140/90 mm Hg.

^†Self-reported.

^‡For longer than a year. With the exception of BMI 25–29.9, the rest of comparisons were statistically significantly different (P < .05).