Table 1.
Sex- and Race-stratified Demographic and Anthropometric Characteristics,a,b The MESA Study, United States, 2000–2002
| Women |
Men |
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| White (n = 1,236) |
Chinese (n = 333) |
Black (n = 804) |
Hispanic (n = 609) |
White (n = 1,124) |
Chinese (n= 313) |
Black (n = 638) |
Hispanic (n = 546) |
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| No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | |
| Demographics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Age, years (SD) | 62.2 (10.3) | 60.8 (10.1) | 61.4 (10.0) | 60.7 (10.3) | 62.5 (10.2) | 61.6 (10.3) | 61.6 (10.3) | 60.4 (10.3) | ||||||||||||||||
| Educationc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <High school diploma | 63 | 5.3 | 90 | 27.8 | 74 | 9.7 | 258 | 43.8 | 44 | 4.0 | 38 | 12.6 | 64 | 10.4 | 200 | 37.3 | ||||||||
| High school or some college | 611 | 51.0 | 138 | 42.6 | 404 | 52.8 | 280 | 47.5 | 390 | 35.4 | 100 | 33.1 | 334 | 54.2 | 260 | 48.5 | ||||||||
| College diploma | 523 | 43.7 | 96 | 29.6 | 287 | 37.5 | 51 | 8.7 | 667 | 60.6 | 164 | 54.3 | 218 | 35.4 | 76 | 14.2 | ||||||||
| Incomec | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| <$20,000 | 151 | 12.9 | 139 | 43.4 | 161 | 22.4 | 241 | 41.8 | 71 | 6.6 | 103 | 34.1 | 86 | 15.3 | 161 | 30.4 | ||||||||
| $20,000–<$50,000 | 419 | 35.8 | 90 | 28.1 | 312 | 43.5 | 246 | 42.7 | 296 | 27.4 | 94 | 31.1 | 199 | 35.3 | 233 | 44.0 | ||||||||
| ≥$50,000 | 602 | 51.4 | 91 | 28.4 | 245 | 34.1 | 89 | 15.5 | 713 | 66.0 | 105 | 34.8 | 279 | 49.5 | 136 | 25.7 | ||||||||
| Current smokerc | 133 | 11.1 | 5 | 1.5 | 122 | 15.8 | 66 | 11.2 | 116 | 10.5 | 29 | 9.5 | 125 | 20.2 | 88 | 16.4 | ||||||||
| Anthropometry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight, kg | 72.0 (15.6) | 58.1 (9.4) | 81.7 (17.2) | 71.7 (14.1) | 86.1 (13.8) | 68.0 (10.3) | 88.5 (16.0) | 81.9 (13.1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Height, cm | 162 (6) | 156 (6) | 162 (7) | 156 (6) | 176 (7) | 168 (6) | 176 (7) | 169 (6) | ||||||||||||||||
| BMI, kg/m2 | 27.3 (5.6) | 23.9 (3.5) | 31.0 (6.4) | 29.5 (5.4) | 27.7 (3.9) | 24.1 (3.1) | 28.4 (4.6) | 28.6 (4.1) | ||||||||||||||||
| Waist, cm | 94.3 (15.7) | 86.1 (10.8) | 100.0 (15.7) | 98.8 (14.1) | 100.3 (11.1) | 87.4 (8.9) | 99.7 (12.3) | 100.2 (10.9) | ||||||||||||||||
| Hip, cm | 107 (12) | 95 (7) | 113 (13) | 107 (11) | 105 (8) | 95 (6) | 106 (9) | 102 (8) | ||||||||||||||||
| Waist-to-hip ratio | 0.88 (0.09) | 0.90 (0.07) | 0.89 (0.08) | 0.92 (0.08) | 0.96 (0.07) | 0.92 (0.05) | 0.94 (0.06) | 0.98 (0.05) | ||||||||||||||||
| Waist/height | 0.58 (0.10) | 0.55 (0.07) | 0.62 (0.10) | 0.63 (0.09) | 0.57 (0.06) | 0.52 (0.05) | 0.57 (0.07) | 0.59 (0.06) | ||||||||||||||||
| Waist/weight | 1.33 (0.15) | 1.50 (0.16) | 1.24 (0.14) | 1.40 (0.17) | 1.18 (0.11) | 1.30 (0.11) | 1.14 (0.11) | 1.24 (0.10) | ||||||||||||||||
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; SD, standard deviation.
a
All racial/ethnic differences and sex differences were significant at P < 0.0001, except age (women, P = 0.04; men, P = 0.0009). Analysis of variance was used to test racial/ethnic differences and sex differences in continuous traits. For categorical variables, the omnibus χ2 test was used.
b
Participants with baseline diabetes and those with no follow-up were excluded.
c
Column percentages are given.