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. 2021 Jul 13;77(8):1542–1548. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab204

Table 2.

Individual Health Characteristics According to Heart Disease, Stratified by Sex

Characteristics All Participants Men Women
Heart Disease p* Heart Disease p* Heart Disease p*
No Yes No Yes No Yes
Age group (years), n (%)
 70 775 (86.5) 121 (13.5) <.001 363 (83.6) 71 (16.4) .014 412 (89.2) 50 (10.8) .012
 80 757 (80.5) 183 (19.5) 339 (77.0) 101 (23.0) 418 (83.6) 82 (16..4)
Sex, n (%)
 Men 702 (45.8) 172 (56.6) <.001
 Women 830 (54.2) 132 (43.4)
Diabetes, n (%) 235 (16.7) 61 (20.6) .105 122 (19.3) 45 (26.8) .035 113 (14.5) 16 (12.5) .544
Hypertension, n (%) 1054 (72.9) 247 (81.2) .002 474 (73.3) 146 (84.9) .002 580 (72.6) 101 (76.5) .346
Dyslipidemia, n (%) 874 (59.5) 200 (65.8) .107 365 (55.4) 99 (57.6) .707 509 (62.9) 101 (76.5) .010
Smoking, ever, n (%) 512 (36.8) 140 (48.6) <.001 454 (71.2) 124 (74.3) .429 58 (7.7) 16 (13.2) .043

*p values based on chi-squared test.