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Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2010 Oct 20;213(2):627–631. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.09.026

Table 1.

Mean ± SD of femoral IMT, FRS and FRS variables of the study cohort (n = 1080)

					Comparison^*
Variables^†	White male (n = 348)	Black Male (n = 117)	White Female (n = 419)	Black Female (n = 196)	Race	Gender
Femoral IMT	0.75 ± 0.37	0.70 ± 0.19	0.64 ± 0.26	0.66 ± 0.22	ns	0.001^a
FRS	1.40 ± 2.4	1.15 ± 2.6	−6.15 ± 4.5	−6.18 ± 4.8	ns	0.001
Age (years)	36.7 ± 4.3	36.6 ± 4.3	36.5 ± 4.3	35.6 ± 4.7	ns	ns
Systolic BP (mmHg)	118 ± 11	128 ± 17	111 ± 11	119 ± 16	0.0001	0.0001
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	74.7 ± 8.2	80.7 ± 13	69.9 ± 9.0	74.1 ± 11	0.0001	0.0001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	130 ± 35	127 ± 45	124 ± 32	115 ± 31	0.005	0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dl)	41.5 ± 12	49.8 ± 16	50.6 ± 13	52.0 ± 13	0.0001^b	0.0001^a
Smoking (%)	32.5	41.9	32.5	35.2	ns	ns
Diabetes (%)	6.0	8.5	2.6	6.6	0.01	0.03

^†

Mean ± SD for continuous variables; SD, standard deviation.

^*

Analysis of covariance (p value adjusted for age).

^a

whites only.

^b

males only.

ns, not significant; BP, blood pressure; LDL, low density lipoprotein; HDL, high density lipoprotein. IMT, Intima-media thickness; FRS, Framingham risk score (10 years).