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Published in final edited form as: J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2019 Oct 14;33(1):72–81.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.08.001

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study sample.

	Men (n=667)	Women (n=830)
Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Age, years	65 (9)	65 (9)
Height, cm ^*	175 (7)	161 (6)
Weight, kg ^*	86 (15)	70 (15)
Body mass index, kg/m² ^*	28.2 (4.3)	27.3 (5.5)
Smoking, %	8	9
Systolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg	128 (16)	127 (17)
Diastolic Blood Pressure, mm Hg ^*	75 (10)	72 (9)
Hypertension, %	56	52
Hypertension treatment, %	47	43
Heart Rate, bpm ^*	57 (9)	60 (9)
Diabetes, % ^*	14	8
Serum creatinine, mg/100mL ^*^†	1.02 (0.31)	0.81 (0.28)
High Density Lipoprotein, mg/100mL ^*	51 (15)	64 (18)
Low Density Lipoprotein, mg/100mL ^*	102 (30)	111 (33)
Triglycerides, mg/100ml ^†	111 (55)	110 (53)
Prevalent CVD, % ^*	15	10
Echocardiographic Variables
LV ejection fraction, % ^*	66 (7)	69 (7)
E/e’ ^*^†	6.6 (2.0)	7.5 (2.2)
Mitral Annular Plane Systolic Excursion, cm ^*	1.5 (0.2)	1.5 (0.2)
Global longitudinal strain, % ^*	−19.8 (3.0)	−21.3 (3.1)
Global circumferential strain, % ^*	−30.9 (5.6)	−33.4 (5.8)
Left Atrial Emptying Fraction, %	48 (7)	47 (8)
Minimum Left Atrial Volume Index (mL/m²) ^†	15.6 (5.2)	15.2 (5.3)
Maxiumum Left Atrial Volume Index (mL/m²) ^*^†	29.5 (7.8)	28.6 (7.8)
Longitudinal segmental synchrony, msec ^*^†	74 (41)	70 (38)
Left Ventricular Mass Index, g/m² ^*	98 (20)	81 (16)

Data are shown as means (standard deviation) for continuous variables and as percentage for categorical variables. Prevalent CVD = prevalent cardiovascular disease excluding congestive heart failure (participants suffering from congestive heart failure have been excluded from all analyses)

Significant differences between men and women (p<0.05). Two-tailed, two-sample t-test was used for continuous variables unless otherwise specified. Chi square test was used for binary variables.

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Wilcoxon test was used to test differences between men and women.