Table 2.
Characteristics according to race-ethnicity
| All (n=2085) |
White (n=441) |
Hispanic (n=1179) |
Black (n=465) |
P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 68.2±9.7 | 72.9±9.8 | 65.6±8.5 | 70.3±10.0 | <0.0001 |
| Male sex | 824 (39.5) | 191 (43.3) | 475 (40.3) | 158 (34.0) | 0.01 |
| Height, cm | 162.5±10.1 | 164.6±10.9 | 160.7±9.3 | 164.8±10.2 | <0.0001 |
| Weight, kg | 73.2±15.6 | 70.6±16.9 | 73.0±13.8 | 76.2±17.9 | <0.0001 |
| BMI | 27.7±5.4 | 25.9±5.2 | 28.2±4.8 | 28.1±6.3 | <0.0001 |
| Ever smoke | 1121 (54) | 261 (59) | 590 (50) | 270 (58) | 0.0004 |
| Current smoke | 346 (17) | 61 (14) | 182 (16) | 103 (22) | 0.001 |
| Hypertension | 1425 (68) | 257 (58) | 816 (69) | 352 (76) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes | 461 (22) | 62 (14) | 282 (24) | 117 (25) | <0.0001 |
| Coronary artery disease | 174 (8.4) | 55 (12.5) | 87 (7.4) | 32 (6.9) | 0.002 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 203.7±40.5 | 207.4±38.8 | 202.3±41.2 | 203.6±40.4 | 0.08 |
| LDL, mg/dL | 130.7±35.9 | 132.9±35.2 | 130.5±35.9 | 129.2±36.7 | 0.3 |
| HDL, mg/dL | 46.3±14.6 | 48.3±14.9 | 43.3±12.8 | 52.1±16.3 | <0.0001 |
| Homocysteine, μmol/L | 9.8±4.2 | 9.5±2.8 | 9.5±4.3 | 10.7±5.1 | <0.0001 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL | 0.96±0.47 | 0.96±0.26 | 0.93±0.53 | 1.06±0.43 | <0.0001 |
| Calcium, mg/dL | 9.1±0.49 | 9.0±0.4 | 9.0±0.5 | 9.1±0.5 | 0.4 |
| Blood glucose, mg/dL | 107.0±50.0 | 100.4±39.3 | 109.9±54.5 | 105.9±46.6 | 0.003 |
| WBC | 6.2±1.9 | 6.3±1.9 | 6.3±1.8 | 5.7±2.0 | <0.0001 |
| hsCRP, mg/L | 5.0±7.6 | 4.6±9.7 | 4.8±6.5 | 5.7±8.1 | 0.15 |
| SBP, mmHg | 144.2±21.0 | 140.9±20.7 | 144.1±20.9 | 147.5±21.1 | <0.0001 |
| DBP, mmHg | 83.4±11.3 | 79.3±10.9 | 84.7±10.8 | 84.0±11.9 | <0.0001 |
Data are expressed as mean + SD or n (%) of subjects.
Abbreviations as in Table 1.