Table 1: Clinical Characteristics of the MEMO Study Participants According to RLS Status

RLS Cases N = 26 Controls N = 241 P
Age, mean 71.8 (4.2) 72.3 (4.4) 0.62
Systolic. Blood pressure, mean 142.5 (17.1) 143.6 (16.9) 0.77
Diastolic. Blood pressure, mean 81.7 (7.3) 82.2 (9.4) 0.78
Hypertension measured 1, % 61.5 60.2 0.89
History 2 of hypertension, % 42.3 47.7 0.87
History 2 of diabetes, % 0.0 9.1 0.25
Blood glucose, mean mg/dl 96.5 (2.2) 106.9 (2.4) 0.14
History 2 of myocardial infarction, % 3.9 7.5 0.79
History 2 of heart failure, % 7.7 10.0 0.18
History 2 of cancer, % 0.0 3.3 0.35
BMI, mean 27.4 (3.2) 27.9 (3.7) 0.49
Total cholesterol, mean mg/dl 258.2 (42.8) 264.7 (44.3) 0.47
HDL-Cholesterol, mean mg/dl 50.3 (9.7) 49.7 (13.2) 0.82
Ln Lpa3, mean (SD) mg/dl 3.22 (1.06) 3.21 (1.15) 0.65
Ln CrP 4, mean (SD) mg/dl 0.53 (1.10) 0.70 (1.07) 0.45
Creatinine, mg/dl 1.13 (0.49) 1.08 (0.30) 0.48
Intima media right, mean mm
Thickness 5 left, mean mm		 0.887 (0.127)
0.909 (0.108)		 0.916 (0.118)
0.918 (0.124)		 0.41
0.78

Numbers in parentheses indicate standard deviations.
1 Systolic blood pressure >=140 mmHg and/ or diastolic blood pressure >= 90 mmHg.
2 Self reported history of a doctor diagnosis.
3 Means (SD) of log-transformed Lpa values, representing geometric means of (cases) and (non-cases).
4 Means (SD) of log-transformed CrP values, representing geometric means of (cases) and (non-cases).
5 Restricted to 14 cases and 106 controls.