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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2021 May 1;32(3):393–401. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001332

Table 1:

Descriptive characteristics for a single sample

Statin (n=776) No statin (n=2224)
Age, mean (SD) 58 (9.5) 53 (7.6)
Diabetes, % 31 1
log(LDL), mean (SD) 4.92 (0.2) 4.86 (0.2)
Risk score, mean (SD) 0.15 (0.2) 0.06 (0.1)
ASCVD, % 37 29

Descriptive statistics for a single sample from the data generating mechanism. Continuous variables are presented as mean (standard deviation).

SD: standard deviation, LDL: low-density lipoproteins, ASCVD: atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease