Table 2

Participants' characteristics

Variables
N
Mean
Std. Dev.
Mean
Std. Dev.
Mean
Std. Dev.
Mean
Std. Dev.



Original FHS-Time1
Original FHS-Time2
Corrected FHS-Time1*
Corrected FHS-Time2

AGE
2458
50.6
13.0
58.0
13.0
-
-
-
-
BMI
2337
27.6
5.3
29.0
5.6
-
-
-
-
WAIST
2334
96.7
14.9
99.3
16.0
-
-
-
-
GLUC
1877
97.1
23.1
100.0
21.4
-
-
-
-
HDLC
2417
50.1
14.5
48.8
14.3
50.0
14.5
48.1
14.3
TG
2419
148.9
100.3
144.1
92.1
149.2
100.9
151.2
97.8
SBP
2330
116.0
17.0
121.2
20.3
118.9
20.0
126.4
23.6
DBP
2330
69.0
9.7
69.7
9.8
71.1
11.3
73.4
11.4
Ratio smokers









vs. non-smokers
-
0.41
-
0.26
-
-
-
-
-
Ratio males









vs. females
-
0.82
-
0.82
-
-
-
-
-

*The value of a trait was corrected if a participant used medication for improving the profile of lipids/of BP (see Methods)

Kraja et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2006 3:41   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-3-41