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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 Jun 14;12(6):e009228. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.119.009228

Table 1.

Characteristics of individuals with CAC score measured at year-25 examination

Year-25 examination
Individuals with CAC score measured 3,189
Age (years) 50.1± 3.6
Female 1805 (57%)
White 1672 (52%)
Education (years) 15 ± 3
Body mass index (Kg/m2) 30.3 ± 7.1
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 119 ± 15
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 74 ± 11
On use of antihypertensive medication (%) 873 (27%)
Heart rate (bpm) 67 ± 11
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 193 ± 37
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 58 ± 18
On use of lipid lowering medication (%) 503 (16%)
Diabetes mellitus 423 (13%)
Smoking status
  Never 1908 (60%)
  Former 691 (23%)
  Current 541 (17%)
Alcohol consumption (mL/day) 2.4 [IQR: 0-15]
Physical activity (exercise units) 335 ± 275

Variables normally distributed are reported as mean ± standard deviation; variables not normally distributed are expressed as median [interquartile range]; categorical variables are reported as n (%).

CAC = coronary artery calcium; IQR = interquartile range