Baseline characteristics of 279 fatal coronary heart disease cases and 279 matched controls.^*,†

Footnotes to Table 1. *Values are means ± SD, unless indicated otherwise. †Controls were matched on age, gender, cohort, and enrollment date. ‡Paired t-test for linear values and Wilcoxon signed-rank test for proportions. §Completed higher vocational training or university. || Non-fasting.