3. Results
diabetes
HYPERTENSION, ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE, DIABETES
The study population of this sub-study consisted of 441 individuals. Of those, 220 received active treatment, whereas 221 received a placebo. In the cohort, 325 (73.7%) had hypertension, 95 (21.5%) had diabetes and 99 (22.4%) had ischaemic heart disease. The presence of comorbidities was as expected from an elderly community-living population. The two randomised groups were well-balanced and without any statistical difference in baseline variables (