Table 1 Baseline descriptives for the ABO blood groups stratified for sex

All subjects N (%)

380 (38.0)

619 (62.0)

557 (37.6)

926 (62.4)

 40-year old group N (%)^a

29 (38.2)

47 (61.8)

57 (43.8)

73 (56.2)

 50-year old group N (%)^a

112 (37.7)

185 (62.3)

166 (37.1)

281 (62.9)

 60-year old group N (%)^a)

239 (38.2)

387 (61.8)

334 (36.9)

572 (63.1)

Hypertension N (%) all

206 (54.2)

338 (54.6)

231 (41.5)

420 (45.4)

 40 y

10 (34.5)

18 (38.3)

12 (21.1)

11 (15.1)

 50 y

60 (53.6)

102 (55.1)

80 (48.2)

124 (44.1)

 60 y

136 (56.9)

218 (56.3)

139 (41.6)

285 (49.8)

Diabetes N (%) all

26 (6.8)

34 (5.5)

22 (3.9)

41 (4.4)

 40 y

0

1 (2.1)

3 (5.3)

2 (2.7)

 50 y

7 (6.3)

10 (5.4)

5 (3.0)

14 (5.0)

 60 y

19 (7.9)

23 (5.9)

14 (4.2)

25 (4.4)

Smoking N (%) all

49 (12.9)

86 (13.9)

66 (11.8)

125 (13.5)

 40 y

6 (20.7)

8 (17.0)

3 (5.3)

4 (5.5)

 50 y

17 (15.2)

28 (15.1)

23 (13.9)

42 (14.9)

 60 y

26 (10.9)

50 (12.9)

40 (12.0)

79 (13.8)

Lipid variables

Total-Cholesterol (mmol/L) all

5.60 (4.90; 6.20)

5.70 (5.00; 6.40)

5.70 (5.10; 6.30)

5.70 (5.00; 6.40)

 40 y

4.80 (4.60; 5.70)

5.20 (4.70; 6.10)

4.70 (4.30; 5.30)

4.65 (4.30; 5.30)

 50 y

5.70 (4.93; 6.38)

5.80 (5.00; 6.60)

5.60 (5.00; 6.10)

5.50 (4.90; 6.10)

 60 y

5.60 (4.90; 6.30)

5.70 (5.00; 6.30)

5.90 (5.30; 6.40)

5.90 (5.30; 6.60)

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L) all

3.60 (3.00; 4.30)

3.70 (3.10; 4.40)

3.60 (3.00; 4.20)

3.60 (3.00; 4.20)

 40 y

3.20 (2.60; 3.65)

3.30 (2.85; 3.95)

2.80 (2.50; 3.45)

2.90 (2.40; 3.40)

 50 y

3.70 (3.20; 4.30)

3.80 (3.10; 4.50)

3.60 (2.90; 4.15)

3.50 (3.00; 4.00)

 60 y

3.70 (3.00; 4.39)

3.70 (3.10; 4.38)

3.70 (3.10; 4.30)

3.70 (3.20; 4.40)

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) all

1.20 (1.00; 1.40)

1.20 (1.01; 1.42)

1.49 (1.25; 1.83)

1.47 (1.22; 1.77)

 40 y

1.15 (0.97; 1.39)

1.23 (0.92; 1.40)

1.33 (1.20; 1.62)

1.29 (1.13; 1.57)

 50 y

1.12 (0.97; 1.26)

1.10 (0.94; 1.40)

1.48 (1.20; 1.79)

1.37 (1.18; 1.67)

 60 y

1.21 (1.03; 1.45)

1.23 (1.05; 1.45)

1.50 (1.31; 1.86)

1.54 (1.28; 1.84)

Triglycerides (mmol/L) all

1.35 (1.00; 1.90)

1.41 (0.99; 1.92)

1.10 (0.85; 1.50)

1.13 (0.84; 1.57)

 40 y

1.17 (0.93; 1.93)

1.29 (0.92; 1.96)

0.83 (0.69; 1.18)

0.88 (0.66; 1.19)

 50 y

1.50 (1.06; 2.11)

1.64 (1.03; 2.34)

1.03 (0.86; 1.50

1.13 (0.83; 1.61)

 60 y

1.29 (1.00; 1.80)

1.37 (0.96; 1.82)

1.14 (0.90; 1.55)

1.18 (0.89; 1.60)

Non-HDL cholesterol (mmol/L) all

4.41 (3.60; 5.07)

4.46 (3.67; 5.17)

4.10 (3.45; 4.81)

4.18 (3.54; 4.90)

 40 y

3.60 (3.20; 4.72)

4.21 (3.42; 5.00)

3.26 (2.96; 3.96)

3.32 (2.77; 4.00)

 50 y

4.65 (3.84; 5.26)

4.56 (3.71; 5.51)

4.09 (3.42; 4.76)

4.02 (3.54; 4.70)

 60 y

4.32 (3.60; 5.03)

4.42 (3.70; 5.05)

4.25 (3.70; 4.94)

4.31 (3.66; 5.06)

Remnant cholesterol (mmol/L) all

0.60 (0.47; 0.85)

0.63 (0.44; 0.85)

0.50 (0.39; 0.68)

0.51 (0.39; 0.70)

 40 y

0.52 (0.39; 0.85)

0.56 (0.39; 0.82)

0.40 (0.31; 0.51)

0.40 (0.30; 0.50)

 50 y

0.65 (0.48; 0.92)

0.68 (0.48; 0.95)

0.50 (0.39; 0.67)

0.52 (0.39; 0.74)

 60 y

0.60 (0.47;0.81)

0.61 (0.44; 0.81)

0.52 (0.40; 0.71)

0.53 (0.40; 0.70)