Table 1 Basic characteristics of the UK biobank sample used in the observational analysis
From: Associations between carotid artery intima-media thickness, traditional risk factors and proteins
Variable | Mean (SD) or proportions |
Age | 57.1 (8.1) |
Female sex (%) | 50 |
Townsend deprivation index | −1.3 (3.1) |
Smoking (%) | Never: 54.9 |
Previous: 34.5 | |
Current: 10.6 | |
Race (%) | White: 94.6 |
Black: 1.8 | |
Asian: 2.5 | |
Other: 1.1 | |
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 139.7 (19.7) |
HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 36.1 (6.8) |
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 3.6 (.9) |
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/l) | 1.4 (.4) |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.4 (4.8) |
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (ml/min/BSA) | 83.6 (15.4) |
IMT (mm) | 0.92 (0.21) |
