Baseline descriptive statistics of the MATISS study, men and women, aged 35-74 years, free of previous cardiovascular diseases.

Sd: standard deviation;^Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) by Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration;° Cigs is for cigarettes;°° 10-year cardiovascular risk of the CUORE Project based on age, systolic blood pressure, total and HDL cholesterol, diabetes, smoking habit, treatment for hypertension. It is for men and women 35-69 years old;§For men, serum creatinine ≥1.5 mg/dl; for women ≥ 1.3 mg/dl;§§Normal: Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) 120 AND Diastolic Blood pressure (DBP) 80 mmHg, no antihypertensive drug treatment; Prehypertension: SBP 121-139 OR DBP 81-89 mmHg, no antihypertensive drug treatment; Hypertension Stage I: SBP 140-159 OR DBP 90-99 mmHg, no antihypertensive drug treatment; Hypertension Stage II: SBP > 160 OR DBP > 100 mmHg OR antihypertensive drug treatment