. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 May 14.

Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2008 Nov 18;52(21):1736–1742. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.07.060

Table 2.

CVD Risk Factors by 3-Year Morbidity/Mortality Status, 508 Vascular Laboratory Patients, San Diego, California, Recruited 1990 to 1994

Variable at Visit 2^*	Alive, No CVD Hospitalization	CVD Hospitalization But No CVD Death	Dead From CVD	No CVD Hospitalization, Dead From Non-CVD Cause
n	302	121	65	20
BMI (kg/m²)	26.9	27.8	26.3	26.7
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	46.9	45.0	43.9	45.7
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	131.5	131.5	133.3	112.1^†
Log triglycerides (mg/dl)	4.9	5.0	4.9	4.8
Diabetes (%)	26.5	45.1^‡	50.4^‡	40.2
Hypertension (%)	74.5	90.8^‡	88.8^†	74.5
Pack-years, n	48.1	47.5	52.3	54.2
Current smokers (%)	28.6	29.0	30.2	30.2
Past smokers (%)	57.0	55.1	47.1	65.0
Coronary heart disease history (%)	31.8	52.4^‡	48.8^†	9.5^†
Stroke history (%)	14.2	20.5	27.4^†	29.5

Variables are adjusted for age, gender, and race. Significantly different from “Alive, no CVD hospitalization:”

^†

p < 0.05;

^‡

p < 0.001.

BMI = body mass index; CVD = cardiovascular disease; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; LDL = low-density lipoprotein.