Table 2. Descriptive of risk factors in the two data sets *: mean (standard deviation).
| MEN | WOMEN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data | CARRS | ICMR | All | CARRS | ICMR | All |
| Age * | 42.9 (13.7) | 47.2 (13.0) | 43.6 (13.7) | 41.1 (12.5) | 45.2 (13.0) | 41.8 (12.7) |
| BMI * | 24.2 (4.6) | 24.7 (6.1) | 24.3 (4.9) | 26.5 (5.5) | 26.5 (5.5) | 26.5 (5.5) |
| SBP * untreated | 124.9 (17.7) | 129.9 (19.4) | 125.7 (18.0) | 116.5 (17.9) | 122.3 (19.6) | 117.5 (18.4) |
| SBP * treated | 139.7 (21.1) | 143.9 (23.8) | 140.7 (21.8) | 136.5 (23.8) | 143.6 (24.5) | 138.1 (24.1) |
| Treatment | 8.6% | 13.8% | 9.4% | 13.6% | 19.0% | 14.5% |
| Smokers | 27.1% | 28.8% | 27.3% | 1.6% | 3.3% | 1.9% |
| Diabetics | 26.0% | 12.5% | 23.5% | 25.5% | 10.7% | 22.6% |
BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure NOTE: We have removed patients with prevalent CVD from the CARRS and ICMR datasets