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Table 1 Participant characteristics among 6796 adults in Fasa cohort study

From: Laboratory-based versus non-laboratory-based World Health Organization risk equations for assessment of cardiovascular disease risk

Variables

Males (n = 3157)

Females (n = 3639)

Total (n = 6796)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Age range (years)

  < 60

2594(82.2)

3032(83.3)

5626(82.8)

  ≥ 60

563(17.8)

607(16.7)

1170(17.2)

Smoking (now)

1264(40.0)

86(2.4)

1350(19.9)

Diabetes

251(8.0)

621(17.1)

872(12.8)

Hypertension

325(10.3)

964(26.5)

1289(19.0)

DBP (Mean mmHg ± SD)

74.6 ± 11.7

75.4 ± 11.9

75.0 ± 11.8

SBP (Mean mmHg ± SD)

111.2 ± 17.5

113.4 ± 19.1

112.4 ± 18.4

HDL (Mean mmol/l ± SD)

1.2 ± 0.4

1.4 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.4

Chol (Mean mmol/l ± SD)

4.7 ± 0.9

5.0 ± 1.0

4.9 ± 1.0

BMI (kg/m2), (Mean ± SD)

24.2 ± 4.5

26.8 ± 4.8

25.6 ± 4.8

  1. DBP Diastolic blood pressure, SBP Systolic blood pressure, HDL High density lipoprotein, Chol Cholesterol, BMI body mass index