Age, mean years (SD) | 57.8 (9.2) | 64.1 (8.2) | <0.001 | 57.4 (9.1) | 66.3 (7.4) | <0.001 |
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Social class,b n (%) |
Professionals | 662 (8.1) | 76 (5.8) | <0.001 | 761 (6.8) | 26 (3.1) | <0.001 |
Managerial | 3156 (38.8) | 477 (36.5) | | 3996 (35.8) | 260 (31.3) | |
Skilled, non-manual | 1000 (12.3) | 165 (12.6) | | 2195 (19.7) | 203 (24.5) | |
Skilled, manual | 2056 (25.3) | 324 (24.8) | | 2336 (21.0) | 161 (19.4) | |
Semi-skilled | 1047 (12.9) | 211 (16.1) | | 1458 (13.1) | 126 (15.2) | |
Non-skilled | 218 (2.7) | 55 (4.2) | | 401 (3.6) | 54 (6.5) | |
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Current smoker, n (%) | 946 (11.5) | 206 (15.3) | <0.001 | 1260 (11.1) | 125 (14.5) | 0.002 |
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Prevalent diabetes, n (%) | 211 (2.6) | 97 (7.2) | <0.001 | 223 (2.0) | 68 (7.9) | <0.001 |
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Mean waist circumference, cm (SD) | 94.8 (9.5) | 97.9 (10.0) | <0.001 | 81.4 (10.6) | 85.6 (10.7) | <0.001 |
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BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 26.3 (3.2) | 27.0 (3.5) | <0.001 | 26.0 (4.2) | 26.9 (4.4) | <0.001 |
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Systolic blood pressure, mmHg, mean (SD) | 135.8 (16.9) | 144.4 (19.1) | <0.001 | 132.6 (18.4) | 143.4 (19.5) | <0.001 |
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HbA1cc, %, mean (SD) | 5.3 (0.8) | 5.7 (1.2) | <0.001 | 5.2 (0.8) | 5.8 (1.2) | <0.001 |
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Total cholesterol, mmol/l, mean (SD) | 6.0 (1.1) | 6.2 (1.1) | <0.001 | 6.2 (1.2) | 6.7 (1.2) | <0.001 |
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HDL-cholesterol, mmol/l, mean (SD) | 1.24 (0.33) | 1.20 (0.33) | <0.001 | 1.6 (0.4) | 1.5 (0.4) | <0.001 |
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Triglyceride, median (IQR) | 1.7 (1.2–2.3) | 1.8 (1.3–2.5) | <0.001 | 1.3 (1.0–1.9) | 1.7 (1.3–2.3) | <0.001 |
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Use of antihypertensive drugs, n (%) | 990 (12.0) | 446 (33.1) | <0.001 | 1 759 (15.4) | 367 (42.4) | <0.001 |
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Use of lipid-lowering drugs, n (%) | 55 (0.7) | 31 (2.3) | <0.001 | 118 (1.0) | 31 (3.6) | <0.001 |
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Use of diabetes drugs, n (%) | 138 (1.7) | 76 (5.6) | <0.001 | 116 (1.0) | 52 (6.0) | <0.001 |
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Framingham score, median (IQR) | 0.18 (0.11–0.29) | 0.32 (0.21–0.45) | <0.001 | 0.08(0.05–0.15) | 0.19 (0.12–0.27) | <0.001 |
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Cambridge score, median (IQR) | 0.16 (0.07–0.35) | 0.35 (0.16–0.59) | <0.001 | 0.07(0.03–0.20) | 0.21 (0.09–0.46) | <0.001 |