TABLE 1—
Sample Characteristics for Black and White Women and Men: Black Pooling Project
| Black | White | |||||
| Total | Women | Men | Total | Women | Men | |
| Total sample, No. | 4853 | 2843 | 2010 | 22 838 | 12 739 | 10 099 |
| Deaths, No. (%) | ||||||
| Cardiovascular disease deaths | 1165 (24) | 636 (22) | 529 (26) | 3738 (16) | 1654 (13) | 2084 (21) |
| Coronary heart disease deaths | 569 (12) | 297 (10) | 272 (14) | 2388 (10) | 980 (8) | 1408 (14) |
| Stroke deaths | 302 (6) | 174 (6) | 128 (6) | 631 (3) | 343 (3) | 288 (3) |
| Person-years | 82 893 | 50 881 | 32 012 | 368 069 | 215 400 | 152 669 |
| Age, y, mean (SD) | 51.1 (14) | 50.1 (14) | 52.7 (14) | 51.3 (14) | 50.4 (15) | 52.4 (14) |
| Blood pressure, mm Hg, mean (SD) | ||||||
| Systolic blood pressure | 148 (32) | 149 (34) | 147 (29) | 134 (23) | 133 (25) | 136 (21) |
| Diastolic blood pressure | 91 (16) | 90 (16) | 92 (16) | 83 (12) | 82 (12) | 85 (12) |
| Cholesterol, mg/dL, mean (SD) | 220 (48) | 223 (49) | 216 (46) | 224 (48) | 227 (51) | 221 (45) |
| BMI,a % | ||||||
| Underweight | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Normal weight | 38 | 31 | 48 | 47 | 51 | 42 |
| Overweight | 32 | 31 | 34 | 34 | 27 | 43 |
| Obese | 17 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 |
| Morbidly obese | 9 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Diabetes, % | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Smoking status, % | ||||||
| Nonsmoker | 54 | 66 | 36 | 46 | 59 | 29 |
| Former smoker | 9 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 31 |
| Current smoker | 37 | 28 | 51 | 33 | 28 | 40 |
aBMI = body mass index; weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared, Underweight was defined as <18.5 kg/m2, normal weight as 18.5–24.9 kg/m2, overweight as 25–29.9 kg/m2, obese as 30–34.9 kg/m2, and morbidly obese as ≥ 35 kg/m2.