Research Article
The Relationship between Multiple Health Behaviours and Brachial Artery Reactivity
Table 2
Participant characteristics.
| | Variable | ± SD or % () | Data missing (%) |
| | Age (yrs) | | 1% | | Sex (% women) | 25% (83) | 0% | | Endothelial dysfunction (RUR < 3.55) | 44% (145) | 0% | | Average # drinks/week | | 8% | | Waist circumference (cm) | | 3% | | Leisure-time physical activity (MET-hrs/week) | | 1% | | Lifetime smoking (pack years) | | 9% | | Smoking status | Current: 11% (37)
Previous: 57% (188)
Never: 31% (102) | 0% | | Statin use | 49% (157) | 3% | | Ace inhibitor use | 26% (82) | 3% | | Cardiovascular disease | 41% (133) | 0% | | Diabetes | 16% (38) | 0% | | Hypercholesterolemia | 62% (198) | 2% | | Hypertension | 60% (196) | 0% |
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