Among those who died, 82.4% had hypertension, 44.6% had hypercholesterolemia, 39.9% had diabetes mellitus, 4.7% had impaired glucose tolerance and 74.3% were overweight or obese. There were 98 cardiovascular mortality events in men, with a follow-up duration of 33,088 person-years and 50 events in women, with a follow-up duration of 40,189 person-years. The 5-year cardiovascular and all-cause mortality rate was 1% (148 events) and 3.2% (475 events) respectively. There were a total of 73,277 person-years of follow-up with a mean duration of 4.93 years. Cardiovascular risk factors were highly prevalent more in women than in men. Of the remaining 14,863 participants, almost 50% were between the ages 40 and 49 ( Table 1). 120 participants with existing cardiovascular disease were excluded. There were a total of 14,983 participants aged between 40 and 65 years.
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