Table 2 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the sample

Women

872 (55.15)

809 (54.63)

1681 (54.90)

0

Age, mean; SD

58.29; 8.31

57.74; 7.88

58.03; 8.11

0

Birth place

0.91

 Spain

1479 (93.55)

1369 (92.44)

2848 (93.01)

 Other countries

97 (6.14)

89 (6.01)

186 (6.07)

Civil Status

0.85

 Married/co-habiting

1055 (66.73)

1024 (69.14)

2079 (67.90)

 Other civil status

520 (32.89)

437 (29.51)

957 (31.25)

Education level

0.95

 Secondary or university studies

888 (56.17)

820 (55.37)

1708 (55.78)

 Primary or lower studies

684 (43.26)

641 (43.28)

1325 (43.27)

Diabetes

323 (20.43)

277 (18.70)

600 (19.60)

0.46

Smoker

697 (44.09)

641 (43.28)

1338 (43.70)

0

Hypertension

646 (40.86)

627 (42.34)

1273 (41.57)

1.27

Systolic arterial pressure (mmHg), mean; SD

131.74; 18.30

133.10; 16.33

132.39; 17.40

3.56

Diastolic arterial pressure (mmHg), mean SD

80.41; 10.68

82.37; 10.26

81.35; 10.53

3.59

Total Cholesterol (mg/dL), mean; SD

205.67; 38.79

205.97; 42.49

205.82; 40.63

8.20

High-density lipoprotein (mg/dL), mean; SD

53.48; 14.24

52.79; 14.41

53.15; 14.33

13.29

Body Mass Index, mean; SD

29.27; 5.64

30.62; 5.85

29.92; 5.78

1.11

Adherence to Mediterranean diet (PREDIMED range 0 -- 13), mean; SD

6.79; 1.99

6.74; 1.97

6.77; 1.98

0.20

Presence of comorbidities

935 (59.14)

8760 (58.07)

1795 (58.62)

7.32

Cardiovascular risk (REGICOR range 0.50 - 30.51), mean; SD

4.92; 3.63

5.01; 3.41

4.96.; 3.53

15.16

Health-related quality of life (EQ5D range − 0.07 – 1), mean; SD

0.82; 0.19

0.81; 0.20

0.82; 0.19

1.5

 Tobacco

697 (44.09)

638 (43.08)

1335 (43.60)

0

 Diet

1482 (93.74)

1384 (93.45)

2866 (93.60)

0

 Physical activity

1448 (91.59)

1345 (90.82)

2793 (91.21)

0