Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of the study samples.

Variable	EpiHealth (n=2,029)	PIVUS (n=790)	ULSAM (n=551)
Female sex	1051 (52)	404 (51)	0 (0)
Age (years)	61 (45-75)	70	78 (76-80)
Current smoking	148 (7)	84 (11)	45 (8)
BMI (kg/m2)	26.0 (16.4-50.7)	26.5 (16.6-49.7)	25.8 (16.4-41.3)
SBP (mmHg)	134 (88-240)	148 (90-230)	150 (102-230)
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.1 (0.4-15.0)	1.1 (0.1-4.2)	1.2 (0.3-6.1)
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	6.0 (3.1-13.0)	5.5 (1.8-9.4)	5.5 (2.8-10.2)
LDL (mmol/L)	4.0 (1.5-9.7)	3.5 (0.8-6.9)	3.6 (1.4-7.6)
HDL (mmol/L)	1.5 (0.7-3.7)	1.4 (0.6-3.8)	1.3 (0.6-2.6)
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	5.8 (4.3-19.7)	5.0 (2.8-19.9)	5.5 (2.9-17.2)
Diabetes treatment	22 (1.1)	37 (4.7)	61 (10.2)
Antihypertensive treatment	365 (18.0)	214 (27.1)	205 (37.2)
Myocardial infarction	18 (0.9)	23 (2.9)	49 (8.9)
Angina	15 (0.8)	31 (3.9)	39 (7.1)
Stroke	11 (0.5)	20 (2.5)	47 (8.5)
Heart failure	11 (0.5)	24 (3.0)	65 (11.8)
Atrial Fibrillation	42 (2.1)	19 (2.4)	52 (9.4)

Data are medians (range) or number (%).