. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Biol Res Nurs. 2018 Jan 16;20(2):161–167. doi: 10.1177/1099800417752246

Table 1.

Participant Characteristics.

Variable	M (SD)
Age, years	66.95 (7.34)
BMI, kg/m²	31.44 (6.46)
Total cholesterol, mg/dl	204.90 (41.44)
LDL, mg/dl	122.85 (38.63)
HDL, mg/dl	58.66 (18.22)
Triglycerides, mg/dl	116.95 (55.80)
	n (%)
Sex, female	536 (72.5)
Smoker, yes	77 (10.4)
Lipid medication, yes	155 (21.0)
Clinically significant lipid levels
Total cholesterol > 240 mg/dl	138 (18.7)
LDL > 160 mg/dl	121 (16.4)
HDL < 40 mg/dl	98 (13.3)
Triglycerides > 150 mg/dl	154 (20.8)

Note. N = 739. BMI = body mass index; HDL = serum high-density lipoprotein; LDL = serum low-density lipoprotein.