Question

1. Describe the study sample.

Summarize the following table to describe the study sample using the data collected at the first examination for each participant (n=4434) Summarize your results in three to four sentences.

Patient Characteristic*	Total Sample (n = 4434)
Age, years c	49.93 (8.68)
Male sex d	1944 (43.83)
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg c	132.91 (22.42)
Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg c	83.08 (12.06)
Use of anti-hypertensive medication d	144 (3.25)
Current smoker d	2181 (49.18)
Total serum cholesterol, mg/dL c	236.98 (44.65)
Body mass index c	25.85 (4.10)
Diabetes d	121 (2.73)

* Mean (Standard deviation) or n (%)

Answer 1

Here we have data of study sample n=4434 of first examination of participants.

Mean (average) age of participants is 49.93 years with standard deviation 8.68.Out of that 1944 male subjects has been participated i.e.43.83%.Mean systolic blood pressure of participants is 132.91 mmHg with SD 22.42.Mean diastolic blood pressure is 83.08 with SD 12.06.

144 participants used anti- hypertensive medication so the 3.25% participants used the medication.

Out of 4434 participants 2181 are current smoker with 49.18%.

Mean cholesterol level of participation is 236.98 with SD 44.65.

Mean value of BMI of participants is 25.85 with SD 4.10.

Out of 4434 participants 121 are diabetes participants with total of 2.73%.