Table 3. Youth Characteristics in 1980 (Means [SDs] or Percentages [%]) According to AHA’s ICH Status in 1986.

	ICH status available at 1986
	No	Yes	P value
N (3546)	1102	1873
Sex (N/%)
Males/Females	577 (52.4)/525 (47.6)	873 (46.6)/1000 (53.4)	0.0017
Age (years)	12.8±3.9 (n=1102)	11.3±4.1 (n=1873)	<0.0001
BMI (kg/m2)	18.8±3.3 (n=1102)	17.9±3.0 (n=1863)	0.53
Total cholesterol (mmol/l)	5.3±1.0 (n=1095)	5.3±0.9 (n=1863)	0.69
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	3.4±0.9 (n=1095)	3.4±0.8 (n=1863)	0.66
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l)	1.6±0.3 (n=1095))	1.6±0.3 (n=1863)	0.27
Triglycerides (mmol/l)	0.71± 0.4 (n=1095)	0.65±0.3 (n=1863)	0.02
Glucose (mmol/l)	4.9±2.4 (n=72)	4.7±0.7 (n=1873)	0.013
Systolic BP (mmHg)	115.8±11.7 (n=1101)	113.0±11.2 (n=1867)	0.12
Diastolic BP (mmHg)	69.7±9.7 (n=1093)	68.3±9.5 (n=1864)	0.044
Physical activity index (5-14)	9.0±1.8 (n=916)	9.1±1.8 (n=1358)	0.12
Dietary variables consumption (times/week)
Fruit	6.3 (2.9) (n=1088)	7.0 (2.8) (n=1858)	0.0003
Vegetable	5.9 (3.0) (n=1091)	6.3 (2.9) (n=1856)	0.061
Fish	1.2 (1.2) (n=1086)	1.1 (1.2) (n=1857)	0.095
Meat	4.9 (2.5) (n=1092)	5.0 (2.5) (n=1861)	0.99
Youth smoking* (N/%)
Never/Yes	749 (74.8)/252 (25.2)	1380 (74.3)/477 (25.7)	0.39
Incident Cancer (N/%)
No/Yes	1061 (96.3)/41 (3.7)	1801 (96.2)/72 (3.8)	0.43

Table presents participants aged 6 years or older in 1980. P values are from age- and sex-adjusted linear or logistic regression analyses. BMI was log-transformed for statistical analysis. Glucose was from 1986.

Abbreviations; AHA, American Heart Association; BMI, body mass index; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein; BP, blood pressure; ICH, ideal cardiovascular health in 1986; PAI, physical activity index.

^*If one has smoked ever daily between 12-18 years of age.