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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, fasting plasma glucose categories, and event rates among middle-aged adults (index age 40–59 years)

From: Association of fasting glucose with lifetime risk of incident heart failure: the Lifetime Risk Pooling Project

 

Men

Women

White

n = 6358

Black

n = 2191

White

n = 7440

Black

n = 3181

Mean age, years (SD)

50 (5.6)

49 (5.7)

50 (5.5)

49 (5.6)

Risk factors

 Hypertension, %

24

40

22

44

 Mean systolic blood pressure, mmHg (SD)

119 (14.9)

125 (18.7)

115.0 (16.8)

123 (19.5)

 Hyperlipidemia, %

56

47

55

49

 Mean body mass index, kg/m2 (SD)

28 (4.2)

28 (5.6)

27 (5.7)

31 (7.2)

 Current smoking, %

24

33

23

23

FPG categories

 Mean glucose, mg/dL (SD)

101 (24.8)

105 (38.8)

96 (25.4)

105 (43.1)

 Prediabetes, %

34

28

20

24

 Diabetes, %

6

12

4

12

Unadjusted event rates

 HF event/1000PY

4.2

7.2

3.4

6.2

 Total death event/1000PY

10.2

14.5

6.7

10.3

 Median follow-up time, years

20.9

14.8

21.9

15.8

  1. HF heart failure, SD standard deviation, PY person-year, FPG fasting plasma glucose