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Table 2 Participants' characteristics

From: Longitudinal and age trends of metabolic syndrome and its risk factors: The Family Heart Study

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

-

-

-

-

-

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