64 Chapter 3 Variable Male Female Overall p N 317 317 634 Age (mean (SE)) 60.4 (0.39) 59.6 (0.56) 60.4 (0.53) 0.301 Age group (%) 35-44 26 (8.2) 35 (11.0) 61 (9.6) 0.304 45-54 58 (18.3) 64 (20.2) 122 (19.2) 55-54 115 (36.3) 95 (30.0) 210 (33.1) 65-74 118 (37.2) 123 (38.8) 241 (38.0) City (%) Marzos Paz (Argentina) 76 (24.0) 55 (17.4) 131 (20.7) 0.089 Bariloche (Argentina) 64 (20.2) 63 (19.9) 127 (20.0) Temuco (Chile) 97 (30.6) 95 (30.0) 192 (30.3) Pando-Barros Blancos (Uruguay) 80 (25.2) 104 (32.8) 184 (29.0) Educationa (%) Primary school 164 (51.7) 179 (56.5) 343 (54.1) 0.281 Secondary school 108 (34.1) 105 (33.1) 213 (33.6) University 45 (14.2) 33 (10.4) 78 (12.3) Unemployment (%) 9 ( 2.8) 16 ( 5.0) 25 ( 3.9) 0.154 Myocardial infarction (%) 112 (35.4) 88 (28.2) 200 (31.8) 0.052 Angina (%) 243 (76.9) 252 (79.5) 495 (78.2) 0.429 Coronary procedure (%) 97 (30.6) 49 (15.5) 146 (23.0) <0.001 Hypertensionb (%) 249 (78.5) 235 (74.1) 484 (76.3) 0.191 Dyslipidemiac (%) 226 (72.9) 212 (68.8) 438 (70.9) 0.266 Diabetes d (%) 76 (24.5) 98 (31.8) 174 (28.2) 0.044 Obesitye (%) 129 (41.0) 171 (54.3) 300 (47.3) <0.001 Central obesityf (%) 149 (47.3) 249 (78.5) 398 (63.0) <0.001 Smoking (%) Current 78 (24.6) 65 (20.5) 143 (22.6) <0.001 Former 158 (49.8) 73 (23.0) 231 (36.4) Excessive alcohol consumptiong (%) 22 ( 7.0) 5 ( 1.6) 27 ( 4.3) 0.001 Low physical activityh (%) 101 (31.9) 142 (44.8) 243 (38.3) 0.001 Low fruit and vegetable intakei (%) 278 (87.7) 240 (76.2) 518 (82.0) <0.001 Table 1. Characteristics of the study population. Note: a Highest educational level attained by participants b Systolic blood pressure ≥140 mm Hg, diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mm Hg, or current use of antihypertensive medication c Total cholesterol ≥240 mg/dL and/or LDL-cholesterol ≥160 mg/Dl, HDL-cholesterol <40 mg/dL, triglyceride ≥200 mg/dL or current use of lipid-lowering medication d Self-reported diabetes and/or fasting glucose ≥126 mg/dL, or current use of hypoglycemic medication e Body mass index ≥30kg/m2 f Waist circumference ≥102 cm (women); ≥88 cm (men) g >14 units/week or >5 units at one occasion (men); >7 units/week or >4 units in one occasion (women). Alcohol units: drink-equivalents containing 14 grams of alcohol. One occasion: around 2 hours more than once per month. h <600 MET-minutes/week of total physical activity i <5 servings/day (400g/ day).
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