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Table 1 Characteristics of participants

From: Prevalence of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in European populations based on cross-validated diagnostic thresholds

 

Entire population

Reference group

Characteristic

FLEMENGHO (n = 782)

EPOGH (n = 476)

FLEMENGHO (n = 338)

EPOGH (n = 185)

Anthropometrics

    

Women, n (%)

402 (51.4)

265 (55.7)

172 (50.9)

110 (59.8)

Age, y

51.1 ± 15.4

44.5 ± 15.1‡

42.5 ± 13.1

34.6 ± 11.7‡

Height, cm

168.7 ± 9.46

168.0 ± 9.0

170.4 ± 9.1

168.7 ± 8.76*

Weight, kg

75.4 ± 14.4

76.3 ± 16.4

69.7 ± 11.4

66.1 ± 11.8‡

Body mass index, kg/m2

26.5 ± 4.31

27.0 ± 5.21

24.0 ± 2.76

23.1 ± 3.2†

Waist circumference, cm

89.9 ± 12.3

89.6 ± 14.1

82.5 ± 9.24

79.2 ± 9.9‡

Systolic pressure, mm Hg

129.5 ± 17.6

130.5 ± 19.9

118.3 ± 9.5

117.1 ± 11.5

Diastolic pressure, mm Hg

79.6 ± 9.46

81.3 ± 12.4*

75.2 ± 7.32

74.1 ± 7.9

Heart rate, beats/minute

60.8 ± 9.63

67.0 ± 10.6‡

60.3 ± 8.8

66.3 ± 9.5‡

Questionnaire data

    

Current smoking, n (%)

167 (21.4)

102 (21.9)

98 (29.0)

40 (21.9)

Drinking alcohol, n (%)

312 (39.9)

144 (30.2)‡

157 (46.4)

43 (23.2)‡

Hypertensive, n (%)

323 (41.3)

211 (44.3)

...

...

Treated for hypertension, n (%)

198 (25.32)

127 (27.2)

...

...

Diabetes, n (%)

29 (3.71)

25 (5.25)

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  1. Values are mean (± SD), or number of subjects (%). *P ≤ 0.05; †P ≤ 0.01; ‡P ≤ 0.001