Table 1.

Characteristics of 4869 MESA participants with cardiac MRI included in the analysis

	Women (n=2546)	Men (n=2323)
	Mean (SD) or %	Mean (SD) or %
Age, yrs	61 (10)	62 (10)
Race, %
White	39.2	38.9
African American	26.8	24.6
Hispanic	21.1	23.2
Asian	12.9	13.3
High school graduate or less, %	37.8	30.3
Systolic BP, mm Hg	126 (23)	125 (19)
Diastolic BP, mm Hg	69 (10)	75 (9)
Hypertension *, %	43.3	40.6
Treated hypertension †, %	32.8	28.8
Current cigarette smoker, %	11.0	14.5
Alcohol use, drinks/week	1.9 (5.1)	6.3 (10.8)
Exercise, MET-hrs/week	23.4 (33.8)	30.2 (44.3)
Body mass index, kg/m2	28.0 (5.6)	27.4 (4.1)
LDL cholesterol, mmol/L [mg/dL]	3.0 (0.8) [117 (32)]	3.0 (0.8) [117 (31)]
HDL cholesterol, mmol/L [mg/dL]	1.5 (0.4) [57 (15)]	1.2 (0.3) [45 (12)]
Use of lipid-lowering medication, %	16.4	14.6
Impaired fasting glucose, %	22.2	31.6
Diabetes, %	11.4	14.0

^*Hypertension was defined as blood pressure ≥140 mmHg systolic or ≥90 mmHg diastolic, or with treated hypertension.

^†Treated hypertension was defined as a history of a physician diagnosis of hypertension and taking antihypertensive medication.

BP = blood pressure, LDL = low density lipoprotein, HDL = high density lipoprotein