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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Diab Vasc Dis Res. 2006 Dec;3(3):202–215. doi: 10.3132/dvdr.2006.031

Table 3.

Clinical characteristics in male subjects by race/ethnicity

Variable All Caucasian African American Hispanic American Indian Asian American Other
Number 2081 1581 190 196 55 16 41
Age (yrs)
524 (25.2%) 371 (23.5%) 57 (30.0%) 58 (29.6%) 24 (43.6%) 4 (25.0%) 9 (22.0%)
1115 (53.6%) 859 (54.3%) 92 (48.4%) 109 (55.6%) 22 (40.0%) 9 (56.3%) 23 (56.1%)
442 (21.2%) 351 (22.2%) 41 (21.6%) 29 (14.8%) 9 (16.4%) 3 (18.8%) 9 (22.0%)
BMI (kg/m2)
   25 – 27 46 (2.2%) 32 (2.0%) 5 (2.6%) 3 (1.5%) 3 (5.5%) 2 (12.5%) 1 (2.4%)
   27 – 30 294 (14.1%) 216 (13.7%) 23 (12.1%) 29 (14.8%) 11 (20.0%) 9 (56.3%) 6 (14.6%)
   30 – 35 833 (40.0%) 623 (39.4%) 72 (37.9%) 92 (46.9%) 26 (47.3%) 4 (25.0%) 15 (36.6%)
   35 – 40 535 (25.7%) 417 (26.4%) 51 (26.8%) 41 (20.9%) 9 (16.4%) 1 (6.3%) 16 (39.0%)
   >= 40 372 (17.9%) 292 (18.5%) 39 (20.5%) 31 (15.8%) 6 (10.9%) 0 (0.0%) 3 (7.3%)
Blood Pressure (mmHg)
   Systolic 128.52 ± 16.57 128.70 ± 16.78 128.72 ± 15.81 128.37 ± 15.51 124.51 ± 14.40 123.97 ± 19.03 128.24 ± 18.59
   Diastolic 73.21 ± 9.17 72.65 ± 9.02 75.49 ± 9.52 74.25 ± 9.09 76.17 ± 7.96 75.43 ± 12.76 74.36 ± 11.15
Antihypertensive medication, n (%) 1450 (69.7%) 1121 (70.9%) 136 (71.6%) 127 (64.8%) 30 (54.5%) 8 (50.0%) 27 (65.9%)
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dl) 156.07 ± 46.12 157.70 ± 45.65 146.89 ± 49.91 156.70 ± 46.13 150.28 ± 46.33 140.60 ± 42.37 147.21 ± 42.61
HbA1c (%)
   < 6.0 170 (8.4%) 129 (8.4%) 13 (7.0%) 19 (9.8%) 5 (10.0%) 1 (6.7%) 2 (5.1%)
   6.0 – 6.5 344 (17.0%) 265 (17.3%) 27 (14.4%) 30 (15.5%) 7 (14.0%) 3 (20.0%) 11 (28.2%)
   6.5 – 7.0 410 (20.3%) 337 (22.0%) 29 (15.5%) 25 (13.0%) 7 (14.0%) 4 (26.7%) 8 (20.5%)
   7.0 – 8.0 619 (30.6%) 468 (30.5%) 56 (29.9%) 64 (33.2%) 16 (32.0%) 4 (26.7%) 11 (28.2%)
   8.0 – 9.0 317 (15.7%) 233 (15.2%) 38 (20.3%) 33 (17.1%) 8 (16.0%) 1 (6.7%) 4 (10.3%)
   > 9.0 161 (8.0%) 103 (6.7%) 24 (12.8%) 22 (11.4%) 7 (14.0%) 2 (13.3%) 3 (7.7%)
Plasma lipids (mg/dl)
   Total cholesterol 182.20 ± 36.22 182.02 ± 36.23 185.14 ± 37.83 185.90 ± 36.58 170.30 ± 34.50 176.87 ± 27.86 175.13 ± 27.87
   HDL cholesterol 38.05 ± 9.09 37.64 ± 8.79 42.22 ± 10.62 37.09 ± 8.57 36.50 ± 8.85 42.80 ± 11.94 39.79 ± 8.68
   LDL cholesterol 107.07 ± 30.61 106.12 ± 30.12 115.45 ± 32.46 109.37 ± 33.45 98.66 ± 29.58 98.00 ± 19.35 107.13 ± 23.98
   Triglycerides 192.01 ± 129.75 198.20 ± 129.64 141.98 ± 121.38 203.92 ± 138.28 181.20 ± 99.60 200.67 ± 184.31 142.54 ± 70.65
Lipid-lowering medication, n (%) 1148 (55.2%) 935 (59.1%) 84 (44.2%) 79 (40.3%) 21 (38.2%) 8 (50.0%) 20 (48.8%)
CVD History, n (%) 442 (21.2%) 362 (22.9%) 26 (13.7%) 29 (14.8%) 10 (18.2%) 4 (25.0%) 11 (26.8%)