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Table 1 Characteristics of study participants, EURIKA Study 2009 - 2010

From: Excess risk attributable to traditional cardiovascular risk factors in clinical practice settings across Europe - The EURIKA Study

   

Low risk

countries

    

High risk

countries

   
 

Overall

Belgium

France

Greece

Spain

Switzerland

Austria

Germany

Norway

Russia

Sweden

Turkey

UK

N

7,434 (100.0)

630 (8.1)

555 (7.5)

619 (8.3)

631 (8.5)

632 (8.5)

604 (8.1)

641 (8.6)

594 (8.0)

593 (8.0)

614 (8.3)

655 (8.8)

666 (9.0)

Age (years)

63.2 (9.0)

64.6 (8.9)

64.2 (8.8)

62.9 (8.9)

63.1 (9.8)

65.3 (9.9)

61.8 (8.6)

65.5 (8.8)

62.9 (8.5)

58.3 (7.3)

64.9 (8.6)

59.4 (7.6)

65.0 (8.9)

Sex

             

   Men

3,584 (48.2)

309 (49.1)

301 (54.2)

284 (45.9)

323 (51.2)

336 (53.2)

288 (47.7)

313 (48.8)

292 (49.2)

184 (31.0)

307 (50.0)

308 (47.0)

339 (50.9)

   Women

3,850 (51.8)

321 (50.9)

254 (45.8)

335 (54.1)

308 (48.8)

296 (46.8)

316 (52.3)

328 (51.2)

302 (50.8)

409 (69.0)

307 (50.0)

347 (53.0)

327 (49.1)

Smoking

             

   Never

3,832 (51.6)

379 (60.2)

316 (56.9)

300 (48.5)

370 (58.6)

315 (49.8)

298 (49.3)

332 (51.8)

213 (35.9)

351 (59.2)

300 (48.9)

348 (53.1)

310 (46.6)

   Current

1,588 (21.4)

102 (16.2)

90 (16.2)

209 (33.8)

107 (17.0)

137 (21.7)

144 (23.8)

107 (16.7)

173 (29.1)

150 (25.3)

103 (16.8)

156 (23.8)

110 (16.5)

   Former

2,014 (27.1)

149 (23.7)

149 (26.9)

110 (17.8)

154 (24.4)

180 (28.5)

162 (26.8)

202 (31.5)

208 (35.0)

92 (15.5)

211 (34.4)

151 (23.1)

246 (36.9)

SBP (mmHg)*

135.0 (16.6)

132.6 (14.4)

133.2 (13.2)

129.8 (14.4)

133.9 (16.8)

136.1 (16.0)

135.3 (17.6)

135.3 (17.2)

136.6 (16.1)

136.5 (17.5)

140.1 (17.2)

134.4 (19.3)

136.3 (15.9)

DBP (mmHg)*

80.9 (9.9)

78.7 (8.2)

77.8 (8.9)

79.9 (8.8)

78.8 (10.2)

81.6 (10.0)

82.8 (9.7)

80.5 (9.5)

82.2 (9.9)

84.2 (10.3)

82.3 (9.7)

82.4 (11.6)

79.1 (9.9)

Hypertension

5,984 (80.5)

496 (78.7)

443 (79.8)

451 (72.9)

473 (75.0)

511 (80.9)

473 (78.3)

569 (88.8)

478 (80.5)

488 (82.3)

553 (90.1)

500 (76.3)

549 (82.4)

Uncontrolled

3,975 (53.5)

307 (48.7)

262 (47.5)

262 (42.4)

298 (47.3)

350 (55.4)

324 (53.7)

382 (59.6)

351 (59.1)

332 (56.1)

392 (64.0)

366 (56.0)

349 (52.5)

   hypertension

             

Tot. chol. (mmol/l)*

5.4 (1.1)

5.2 (1.0)

5.5 (1.1)

5.5 (1.1)

5.5 (1.1)

5.4 (1.1)

5.6 (1.2)

5.6 (1.1)

5.5 (1.1)

5.9 (1.2)

5.5 (1.2)

5.3 (1.1)

5.1 (1.2)

Dyslipidemia

6,646 (89.4)

560 (88.9)

508 (91.5)

582 (94.0)

581 (92.1)

568 (89.9)

544 (90.1)

577 (90.0)

548 (92.3)

532 (89.7)

550 (89.6)

509 (77.7)

587 (88.1)

Uncontrolled

5,185 (69.8)

376 (59.7)

401 (72.3)

438 (70.8)

459 (72.7)

433 (68.5)

457 (75.7)

486 (75.8)

436 (76.4)

484 (81.6)

424 (69.1)

446 (68.1)

345 (51.8)

   dyslipidemia

             

HbA1 c (%)*

6.1 (1.0)

5.9 (0.9)

5.9 (0.9)

6.0 (1.0)

6.0 (1.1)

6.0 (0.9)

6.0 (0.9)

6.1 (0.9)

5.9 (0.9)

6.3 (1.0)

6.1 (1.0)

6.5 (1.6)

6.0 (0.9)

Diabetes

2,200 (29.6)

182 (28.9)

144 (26.0)

189 (30.5)

190 (30.1)

205 (32.4)

156 (25.8)

255 (39.8)

145 (24.4)

143 (24.1)

171 (27.9)

246 (37.6)

174 (26.1)

Uncontrolled

1,415 (19.0)

98 (15.6)

89 (16.0)

110 (17.8)

117 (18.5)

121 (19.2)

94 (15.6)

140 (21.8)

86 (14.5)

117 (19.7)

131 (21.3)

191 (29.2)

121 (18.2)

   diabetes

             

10-y CVD risk (%)*

8.2 (9.8)

6.0 (7.2)

5.8 (6.3)

5.7 (6.7)

6.0 (6.7)

8.2 (10.1)

9.1 (10.9)

12.8 (13.2)

9.5 (9.8)

6.2 (7.7)

11.7 (12.4)

7.4 (9.3)

9.9 (10.6)

< 5%

3,690 (49.6)

370 (58.7)

331 (59.6)

383 (61.9)

384 (60.9)

326 (51.6)

282 (46.7)

194 (30.3)

238 (40.1)

369 (62.2)

204 (33.2)

360 (55.0)

249 (37.4)

5-10%

1,824 (24.5)

158 (25.1)

136 (24.5)

131 (21.2)

132 (20.9)

147 (23.3)

150 (24.8)

172 (26.8)

164 (27.6)

118 (19.9)

158 (25.7)

157 (24.0)

201 (30.2)

≥ 10%

1,920 (25.8)

102 (16.2)

88 (15.9)

105 (17.0)

115 (18.2)

159 (25.2)

172 (28.5)

275 (42.9)

192 (32.3)

106 (17.9)

252 (41.0)

138 (21.1)

216 (32.4)

  1. Values in table are number (%) or mean (SD) where noted by *.