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Table 1 Five-year incidence of hypercholesterolemia in men and women, by age group.

From: Abdominal obesity, blood glucose and apolipoprotein B levels are the best predictors of the incidence of hypercholesterolemia (2001–2006) among healthy adults: the ATTICA Study

 

Men

Women

 

# People participated in the follow-up

536

621

 

Age at baseline

5-year incidence of hypercholesterolemia

Men-to-women ratio

<35 y

6.90%

4.00%

1.73

35–45 y

18.20%

5.00%

3.64

45–55 y

29.70%

25.10%

1.18

55–65 y

37.80%

57.60%

0.66

> 65 y

38.10%

60.90%

0.63

Overall

23.70%

17.70%

1.34