Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants.
| Characteristicsa | Participants (N=923) | ||
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 53 (9) | ||
| Sex (female), n (%) | 563 (61) | ||
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 28.2 (5.5) | ||
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 169 (9) | ||
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 81 (18) | ||
| Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 118 (14) | ||
| Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg), mean (SD) | 76 (9) | ||
| History of heart failure, n (%) | 6 (0.7) | ||
| History of myocardial infarction, n (%) | 12 (1.3) | ||
| Current smoking, n (%) | 44 (4.8) | ||
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 53 (5.7) | ||
| Antihypertensive medication use, n (%) | 193 (20.9) | ||
| Self-reported physical activity index score, mean (SD) | 33.4 (4.7) | ||
| Self-reported race and ethnicity, n (%) | |||
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White | 838 (90.8) | |
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Black | 21 (2.2) | |
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Asian | 17 (1.8) | |
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Hispanic | 27 (2.9) | |
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Other | 20 (2.2) | |
| Daily step count, median (IQR) | 7227 (5699-8970) | ||
| Active hours per day, mean (SD) | 13.4 (1.9) | ||
| Active days, median (IQR) | 324 (137-562) | ||
aPresented are means with SDs for continuous traits with a normal distribution, medians with IQRs for continuous traits with a skewed distribution, and n values with percentages for dichotomous traits.