Table 1 Characteristics of participants at baseline by CVD incidence
Overall participants | No incident CVD | Incident CVD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 59269 | % | N = 8313 | % | ||
Age at baseline | 59.8 ± 5.4 | 59.5 ± 5.4 | 62.0 ± 5.0 | ||
Race/ethnicity | |||||
White | 65141 | 57107 | 96.4 | 8034 | 96.6 |
Non-white | 2441 | 2162 | 3.6 | 279 | 3.4 |
Education level (years) | |||||
≤10 | 34,735 | 29,876 | 50.4 | 4859 | 58.5 |
10–11 | 7766 | 6921 | 11.7 | 845 | 10.2 |
>12 | 25,081 | 22,472 | 37.9 | 2609 | 31.3 |
Income level (£) | |||||
Less than 18,000 | 18,598 | 15,607 | 26.3 | 2991 | 36.0 |
18,000–30,999 | 19,032 | 16,680 | 28.1 | 2352 | 28.3 |
31,000–51,999 | 16,486 | 14,773 | 24.9 | 1713 | 20.6 |
Greater than 52,000 | 13,466 | 12,209 | 20.7 | 1257 | 15.1 |
Socioeconomic status | |||||
Q1 | 16781 | 14943 | 25.2 | 1838 | 22.1 |
Q2 | 16998 | 15025 | 25.3 | 1973 | 23.7 |
Q3 | 16897 | 14857 | 25.1 | 2040 | 24.5 |
Q4 | 16906 | 14444 | 24.4 | 2462 | 29.6 |
BMI level (kg/m2) | |||||
<18.5 | 513 | 449 | 0.7 | 64 | 0.8 |
18.5–24.9 | 26,632 | 24,045 | 40.6 | 2587 | 31.1 |
25.0–29.9 | 25,834 | 22,713 | 38.3 | 3121 | 37.5 |
≥30 | 14,603 | 12,062 | 20.4 | 2541 | 30.6 |
Smoking status | |||||
Never | 39,679 | 35,230 | 59.4 | 4449 | 53.5 |
Former | 22,543 | 19,603 | 33.1 | 2940 | 35.4 |
Current | 5360 | 4436 | 7.5 | 924 | 11.1 |
Diet status | |||||
Poor | 42,435 | 37,094 | 62.6 | 5341 | 64.3 |
Good | 25,147 | 22,175 | 37.4 | 2972 | 35.7 |
Alcohol status | |||||
Never | 3598 | 3021 | 5.1 | 577 | 7.0 |
Former | 2216 | 1832 | 3.1 | 384 | 4.6 |
Current | 61,768 | 54,416 | 91.8 | 7352 | 88.4 |
Sleep quality | |||||
Poor | 45,445 | 39,517 | 66.7 | 5928 | 71.3 |
Good | 22,137 | 19,752 | 33.3 | 2385 | 28.7 |
Family history of CVD | |||||
No | 25,819 | 22,957 | 38.7 | 2862 | 34.4 |
Yes | 41,763 | 36,312 | 61.3 | 5451 | 65.6 |
Statins use | |||||
No | 59,796 | 53,068 | 89.5 | 6728 | 80.9 |
Yes | 7786 | 6201 | 10.5 | 1585 | 19.1 |
Aspirin use | |||||
No | 61,872 | 54,859 | 92.6 | 7013 | 84.4 |
Yes | 5710 | 4410 | 7.4 | 1300 | 15.6 |
HRT use | |||||
No | 39,158 | 34,888 | 58.9 | 4270 | 51.4 |
Yes | 28,424 | 24,381 | 41.1 | 4043 | 48.6 |
Time since menopause | |||||
1 | 17,272 | 16,048 | 27.1 | 1224 | 14.7 |
2 | 19,262 | 17,258 | 29.1 | 2004 | 24.1 |
3 | 16,826 | 14,507 | 24.5 | 2319 | 27.9 |
4 | 9714 | 7910 | 13.4 | 1804 | 21.7 |
5 | 4508 | 3546 | 6.0 | 962 | 11.6 |
