Table 2. Components of the Framingham Global Risk Score in men and women, ELSA-Brasil, 2008-2010.

Risk factors	Men (n=6.261)		Women (n=7.659)		p value
Age (years), mean (±SD)	51.7	±11.5	51.8	±10.0	0.53†
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), median (1st and 3rd quartiles)	210	(185-239)	214	(189-241)	<0.001‡
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), median (1st and 3rd quartiles)	49	(43-57)	60	(51-70)	<0.001‡
Use of antihypertensive agents, n (%)	1.687	26.9	2.071	27.0	0.90*
Systemic arterial pressure, mean (±SD)	125.3	±20.9	117.2	±18.9	<0.001†
Diabetics, n (%)	1.200	19.2	1.068	14.0	<0.001*
Smokers, n (%)	889	14.4	927	12.1	<0.001*

^*Pearson chi-square test,

^†unpaired t-test,

^‡Mann-Whitney test.