TABLE 2.
Composition of the Hawaii component of the MEC study at baseline
| Caucasian (n = 35,042) |
Japanese American (n = 44,513) |
Native Hawaiian (n = 14,346) |
Other (n = 9,997) |
All (n = 103,898) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | Male | Female | ||
| n | 17,299 | 17,743 | 21,011 | 23,502 | 6,140 | 8,206 | 4,486 | 5,511 | |
| Age at cohort entry (years) | |||||||||
| <55 | 42.6 | 44.4 | 29.6 | 29.9 | 44.5 | 49.8 | 43.2 | 43.5 | 38.2 |
| 55–64 | 27.6 | 26.9 | 27.5 | 29.6 | 30.9 | 29.6 | 31.5 | 32.3 | 28.7 |
| ≥65 | 29.8 | 28.7 | 42.9 | 40.5 | 24.6 | 20.6 | 25.3 | 24.2 | 33.2 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||||
| <22.0 | 13.8 | 33.2 | 18.5 | 41.5 | 9.7 | 20.9 | 16.6 | 30.6 | 25.5 |
| 22.0–24.9 | 31.6 | 27.4 | 37.2 | 29.7 | 22.8 | 22.6 | 29.5 | 27.5 | 30.0 |
| 25.0–29.9 | 40.7 | 25.2 | 37.2 | 22.6 | 41.0 | 30.7 | 39.6 | 26.6 | 31.7 |
| ≥30.0 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 7.2 | 6.2 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 17.4 | 15.3 | 12.8 |
| Education (years)* | |||||||||
| ≤12 | 22.6 | 27.5 | 42.6 | 46.2 | 48.4 | 51.6 | 44.2 | 47.4 | 38.9 |
| 13–15 | 29.2 | 32.8 | 28.1 | 26.5 | 29.5 | 28.0 | 28.0 | 26.8 | 28.7 |
| >15 | 48.2 | 39.7 | 29.2 | 27.3 | 22.1 | 20.4 | 27.8 | 25.8 | 32.4 |
| Smoking status* | |||||||||
| Never | 31.7 | 44.9 | 29.3 | 68.0 | 31.1 | 47.6 | 30.4 | 56.6 | 44.2 |
| Past | 50.8 | 37.9 | 54.8 | 21.5 | 47.5 | 31.1 | 49.0 | 26.6 | 39.7 |
| Current | 16.9 | 16.5 | 15.3 | 9.2 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 19.6 | 15.6 | 15.3 |
| Family history | |||||||||
| Parents | 12.2 | 15.2 | 16.8 | 19.0 | 19.9 | 24.8 | 14.2 | 19.7 | 17.1 |
| Siblings | 5.4 | 7.0 | 9.6 | 12.8 | 8.7 | 12.6 | 7.3 | 10.8 | 9.3 |
| Hypertension | 27.1 | 26.9 | 42.9 | 38.4 | 45.4 | 44.8 | 37.7 | 36.5 | 36.2 |
| Mean follow-up time (years) | 12.0 ± 3.5 | 12.5 ± 2.9 | 11.4 ± 3.7 | 12.2 ± 3.1 | 10.9 ± 4.0 | 11.4 ± 3.7 | 11.6 ± 3.7 | 12.2 ± 3.2 | 11.9 ± 3.4 |
Data are % unless otherwise indicated.
*Totals may not add up to 100% because of missing values.