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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2009 Sep 19;2(6):629–636. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.109.876243

Table 2.

Prevalence ratio (PR) or Percent (95% CI) per standard deviation increase in European ancestry among African Americans*

CAC prevalence PR (95% CI) n=712 p Common cIMT Percent (95% CI) n=697 p
Unadjusted 1.18 (1.10, 1.25) <0.001 −0.9 (−2.4, 0.6) 0.24
Demographics 1.07 (1.01, 1.13) 0.02 −1.7 (−3.1, −0.3) 0.02
Lifestyle/Comorbid 1.08 (1.01, 1.14) 0.02 −1.8 (−3.2, −0.3) 0.02
Lipids, glucose§ 1.08 (1.02, 1.15) 0.01 −2.0 (−3.4, −0.5) 0.008
*

Standard deviation, 15.9%

Includes age, site, gender, education, and income

Additional adjustment for BMI, waist circumference, current smoking, current alcohol use, prevalent diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and hypertension

§

Additional adjustment for fasting plasma glucose, triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and CRP