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Table 1 Background characteristics of the study subjects.

From: No Association of nineteen COX-2 gene variants to preclinical markers of atherosclerosis The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study

 

Mean

SD

N

Gender (male/female)

1123 (46.0 %)/1319 (54.0 %)

 

2442

Age (year)

31.4

5.0

2442

BMI (kg/m2)

25.1

4.4

2276

CIMT (mm)

0.58

0.09

2081

Cdist (%/10 mmHg)

2.17

0.75

2071

SBP (mmHg)

116.7

13.1

2084

DBP (mmHg)

70.8

10.8

2084

Total cholesterol (mmol/l)

5.1

1.0

2103

HDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

1.3

0.3

2101

LDL cholesterol (mmol/l)

3.3

0.8

2075

Triglycerides (mmol/l)

1.3

0.9

2103

Apolipoprotein B (g/l)

1.1

0.3

2103

Apolipoprotein A1 (g/l)

1.5

0.3

2103

hs-CRP (mg/l)

1.9

4.0

2103

Glucose (mmol/l)

5.1

0.9

2103

Smoking (yes/no)

511 (23.6 %)/1650 (76.4 %)

 

2161

  1. SBP = systolic blood pressure, DBP = diastolic blood pressure.