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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Circulating metabolites may illustrate relationship of alcohol consumption with cardiovascular disease

Variable

Male (n = 1156)

Female (n = 1272)

Total (n = 2428)

Age, years

56.5 (9.2)

55.4 (9.4)

55.9 (9.3)

Body mass index, kg/m2

28.3 (4.1)

26.9 (5.5)

27.5 (4.9)

Physical activity index

35.8 (7.2)

33.3 (4.7)

34.5 (6.2)

Diet score

16.3 (4.3)

17.9 (3.9)

17.1 (4.1)

Estimated glomerular rate, ml/min/1.73 m2

73.8 (16.3)

67.5 (14.7)

70.5 (15.8)

Fasting blood glucose, mg/dL

105.3 (31.7)

97.9 (25.2)

101.4 (28.7)

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

203.0 (35.1)

209.7 (37.9)

206.5 (36.7)

High-density cholesterol, mg/dL

42.9 (11.1)

55.4 (15.4)

49.4 (14.9)

Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

129.7 (17.9)

124.2 (19.6)

126.9 (19.0)

Current smoker, n (%)

208 (18.0%)

236 (18.6%)

444 (18.3%)

Cumulative average alcohol consumption variable, g/day; median (Q1, Q3)

Total alcohol consumption

13.8 (5.3, 27.5)

4.4 (1.7, 11.2)

7.7 (2.5, 19.3)

Beer consumption

4.4 (0.8, 13.4)

0 (0, 0.8)

0.8 (0, 5.2)

Wine consumption

1.3 (0.4, 4.0)

1.7 (0.4, 4.7)

1.3 (0.4, 4.3)

Liquor consumption

1.6 (0.4, 7.0)

1.0 (0.4, 3.2)

1.2 (0.4, 4.4)

Prevalent CVD

114 (12.5%)

78 (6.1%)

222 (9.1%)

Incident CVD

346 (29.9%)

290 (22.8%)

636 (26.2%)

  1. The characteristics were measured at exam 5 (i.e., the baseline). Continuous variables are displayed as mean (standard deviation) or median (Q1–Q3). Binary variables are displayed as n (%)