Baseline characteristics of study participants by cohort.

Values correspond to N (%) or mean (standard deviation). The standard deviation of each gene score in each cohort is 1 due to the method of standardization used.—AGES, indicates the Age, Gene/Environment Susceptibility—Reykjavik study; ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; MDCS, Malmö Diet and Cancer study; RS, Rotterdam Study; WGHS, Women's Genome Health Study; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HDLc, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDLc, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; LVH, left ventricular hypertrophy; NA, not available, * not fasting.