Table 1.
General characteristics by ethnicity
| Dutch | South-Asian Surinamese |
African Surinamese |
Ghanaian | Turkish | Moroccan | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | ||||||
| N | 997 | 449 | 811 | 484 | 567 | 519 |
| Age (years) | 52.5 (7.4) | 50.1 (6.4) | 52.6 (6.6) | 51.0 (6.0) | 48.7 (5.6) | 49.6 (6.5) |
| Smoking (%) | 21.9 | 36.1 | 45.5 | 7.9 | 39.5 | 25.6 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 130.6 (16.1) | 132.4 (16.6) | 135.2 (17.3) | 140.8 (17.5) | 127.8 (14.8) | 128.2 (14.3) |
| Antihypertensive treatment (%) | 8.6 | 13.4 | 16.2 | 26.4 | 7.2 | 4.6 |
| TC (mmol/l) | 5.42 (9.96) | 5.35 (0.93) | 5.04 (0.98) | 5.17 (0.99) | 5.20 (0.91) | 4.95 (0.84) |
| HDL (mmol/l) | 1.40 (0.39) | 1.18 (0.29) | 1.39 (0.38) | 1.55 (0.42) | 1.14 (0.29) | 1.17 (0.28) |
| TC/HDL | 4.13 (1.25) | 4.75 (1.25) | 3.85 (1.19) | 3.54 (1.05) | 4.82 (1.41) | 4.44 (1.17) |
| Lipid-lowering treatment (%) | 5.6 | 12.5 | 3.9 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 2.5 |
| Women | ||||||
| N | 1,259 | 690 | 1,264 | 700 | 651 | 737 |
| Age (years) | 52.6 (7.2) | 50.9 (6.4) | 51.9 (6.6) | 48.6 (5.6) | 48.0 (5.8) | 49.0 (6.4) |
| Smoking (%) | 21.3 | 17.7 | 22.5 | 2.4 | 25.5 | 2.3 |
| SBP (mm Hg) | 122.2 (16.4) | 123.4 (20.0) | 132.2 (18.0) | 137.8 (18.8) | 124.4 (16.7) | 123.0 (15.83) |
| Antihypertensive treatment (%) | 10.2 | 17.4 | 27.5 | 31.4 | 14.6 | 7.5 |
| TC (mmol/l) | 5.50 (1.02) | 5.33 (0.93) | 5.15 (0.94) | 5.13 (0.95) | 5.21 (0.93) | 5.02 (0.86) |
| HDL (mmol/l) | 1.78 (0.44) | 1.50 (0.39) | 1.66 (0.45) | 1.75 (0.45) | 1.44 (0.35) | 1.45 (0.34) |
| TC/HDL | 3.28 (1.02) | 3.75 (1.04) | 3.30 (1.00) | 3.09 (0.85) | 3.83 (1.10) | 3.61 (0.95) |
| Lipid-lowering treatment (%) | 4.0 | 9.9 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.0 |
Data are presented as mean (standard deviation) or percentages
SBP systolic blood pressure, HDL high-density lipoprotein, TC total cholesterol