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[Preprint]. 2024 Jan 13:2024.01.12.24301233. [Version 1] doi: 10.1101/2024.01.12.24301233

Table 2.

Participant characteristics in the five population level cohorts with whole genome sequencing

Cohort Sample size Age, mean (±SD) Female, n (%) FBG (±SD) Diabetes, n (%) n of heteroplasmy

African American (n = 5456, women 60.8%)

ARIC 241 58.4 (6.3) 144 (59.8) 100.2 (9.8) 54 (25.5) 162
CHS 705 73.8 (5.6) 445 (63.1) 97.3 (11.3) 158 (23.8) 673
JHS 3404 55.7 (12.8) 2140 (62.9) 90.5 (8.9) 469 (21.3) 1590
MESA 1106 60.9 (9.6) 588 (53.1) 90.1 (10.7) 174 (15.9) 968

European American (n = 12,051, women 53.7%)

ARIC 3415 58.2 (5.9) 1734 (50.9) 101.3 (9.6) 368 (11.1) 1501
CHS 2788 74.2 (5.7) 1594 (57.2) 98.6 (9.8) 352 (13.1) 1859
FHS 3992 59.9 (15.7) 2190 (54.9) 97.3 (10.2) 175 (10.5) 2158
MESA 1856 61.6 (9.8) 952 (51.1) 87.1 (9.6) 95 (5.1) 1236

ARIC, Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; CHS, Cardiovascular Health Study; FHS, Framingham Heart Study; JHS, Jackson Heart Study; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. SD, standard deviation