Table 1 Characteristics of the total study population, 25 to 64 years of age in the Northern Sweden MONICA population survey in 1986. Mean (SD) or proportions (%).
Subjects (n) | 790 |
|---|---|
Age (years) | 45.2 (11.3) |
Sex | |
Men | 409 (51.8 %) |
Women | 381 (48.2 %) |
Previous disorders | |
Clinically diagnosed myocardial infarction (kMI) | 21 (2.7 %) |
Hypertension | 146 (18.5 %) |
Hypercholesterolemia | 287 (36.3 %) |
Diabetes | 22 (2.8 %) |
Tobacco use | |
Current cigarette smoker | 179 (22.8 %) |
Current smokeless tobacco user | 80 (10.6 %) |
Anthropometric variables | |
Height (cm) | 170.3 (9.2) |
Weight (kg) | 72.8 (13.3) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 25 (3.8) |
Hip circumference (cm) | 99.2 (7.4) |
Waist circumference (cm) | 88.1 (11.6) |
Waist-hip ratio | 0.9 (0.1) |
Biochemical markers (mmol/l) | |
Total cholesterol | 6.2 (1.3) |
HDL cholesterol | 1.2 (0.3) |
Triglycerides (n = 495) | 1.3 (0.9) |
Fasting plasma glucose (n = 774) | 5.1 (1.4) |
2 hour postload plasma glucose (n = 629) | 5.5 (2.0) |
Glucose tolerance (n = 617) | |
Normal | 550 (89.1 %) |
Impaired glucose tolerance | 53 (8.6 %) |
Diabetes | 14 (2.3 %) |
ECG | |
Normal | 741 (93.8 %) |
MI | 49 (6.2 %) |