FRAMINGHAM CASE STUDY
SUMMARY INTERPRETATION
PRESENTATION
DESCRIPTION OF STUDY SAMPLE
P
P
P
P P Cha
Cha
Cha
Cha Cha
*
*
*
* *
T
T
T
TT Sa
Sa
Sa
Sa Sa (
(
(
( (
= 4434)
= 4434)
= 4434)
= 4434)= 4434)
Age, years
M=49.9, SD=8.7
Male sex
n=1944 (43.84%)
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg
M=132.9, SD=22.4
Hypertension (yes)
n= 3252(73.34%)
Use of anti
-
hypertensive medication (yes)
n=144 (3.29%)
Current smoker
n= 2181 (49.19%)
Total serum cholesterol, mg/
dL M=237, SD=44.7
Serum Glucose
M=82.2, SD=24.4
Stroke (yes)
n= 415 (9.36%)
M = mean; SD = standard deviation;
n = number of sample; Percentage (%) shows relave cases
In this study, data of a sample size of 4434 parcipants
was used including male (43.8%) and female (56.2%).
Different paent characteristics were accessed including
both connuous and dichotomous variables. For example,
Connuous variable includes age, and systolic blood
pressure while dichotomous variable includes current
smoker, sex etc.
Larger variaon was observed in the amount of serum
Glucose and Total serum cholesterol among the patients.
Among the total parcipants
43.84 % were Male paents,
49 19. % were current smokers,
73 34. % had hypertension,
