Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of 1,756 Participants Measured at Visit 0^a, Caerphilly Heart Disease Study, United Kingdom, 1979–1998

Characteristic	No.	%
Current smoker	905	51.5
History of heart attack	113	6.4
History of gout	81	4.6
History of high blood pressure	364	20.7
History of diabetes	28	1.6
High systolic blood pressure (≥140 mm Hg)	906	51.6
High diastolic blood pressure (≥90 mm Hg)	867	49.4
Obese (BMIb ≥ 30)	196	11.2
Underweight (BMIb < 20)	61	3.5
High fibrinogen (above the 75th percentile)	263	15.0
High cholesterol (above the 75th percentile)	447	25.5
Age (years)c	57.4 (4.5)d

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.

^a Sterne and Tilling (9).

^b Weight (kg)/height (m)².

^c Measured at visit 1.

^d Values are expressed as mean (standard deviation).