Table 1.
Characteristics of Never-Smoking Participants Without Respiratory Diseases or Symptoms in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988–1994) and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis Lung Study (2000–2006)a
| Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey |
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis |
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| White |
African American |
Mexican American |
White |
African American |
Chinese American |
Hispanic (Mexican) American |
Hispanic (Non-Mexican) American |
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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) | |
| Men | 449 | 385 | 450 | 118 | 85 | 113 | 42 | 51 | ||||||||
| Age, years | 45.8 (17.3) | 37.7 (13.7) | 38.5 (14.0) | 64.2 (9.8) | 64.5 (10.6) | 64.3 (9.5) | 63.1 (10.4) | 62.6 (9.6) | ||||||||
| Height, cm | 176.7 (6.8) | 176.8 (7.1) | 169.6 (6.6) | 175.6 (7.5) | 174.1 (7.1) | 167.4 (5.4) | 168.5 (5.2) | 169.3 (7.3) | ||||||||
| Weight, kg | 83.2 (16.0) | 85.1 (17.2) | 76.8 (13.1) | 83.0 (12.1) | 85.9 (14.0) | 67.1 (9.8) | 80.8 (9.3) | 76.9 (12.0) | ||||||||
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.6 (4.7) | 27.2 (5.0) | 26.7 (4.2) | 26.8 (3.1) | 28.1 (3.7) | 23.8 (2.8) | 28.4 (3.3) | 26.7 (3.5) | ||||||||
| FEV1, mL | 3,949 (846) | 3,594 (693) | 3,853 (714) | 3,257 (658) | 2,693 (526) | 2,685 (516) | 3,177 (666) | 2,968 (632) | ||||||||
| FVC, mL | 5,016 (937) | 4,378 (784) | 4,725 (792) | 4,331 (802) | 3,519 (648) | 3,510 (620) | 4,070 (765) | 3,850 (848) | ||||||||
| FEV1/FVC ratio, % | 79 (7) | 82 (7) | 81 (6) | 75 (1) | 77 (1) | 77 (1) | 78 (1) | 77 (1) | ||||||||
| Women | 902 | 701 | 799 | 152 | 125 | 230 | 74 | 76 | ||||||||
| Age, years | 50.3 (17.2) | 41.1 (15.1) | 41.3 (15.3) | 67.1 (10.7) | 66.2 (9.2) | 64.9 (9.7) | 65.6 (9.4) | 65.0 (10.2) | ||||||||
| Height, cm | 162.0 (6.7) | 162.8 (6.3) | 156.3 (6.0) | 161.7 (6.7) | 161.5 (6.3) | 155.5 (6.1) | 155.4 (6.5) | 155.8 (6.4) | ||||||||
| Weight, kg | 67.9 (14.4) | 76.5 (19.9) | 66.4 (15.4) | 67.6 (11.9) | 72.6 (10.8) | 57.7 (8.9) | 69.0 (10.9) | 66.4 (11.6) | ||||||||
| BMI, kg/m2 | 25.9 (5.5) | 28.9 (7.2) | 27.2 (6.2) | 25.8 (3.9) | 27.8 (3.6) | 23.7 (3.4) | 28.4 (3.5) | 27.2 (4.1) | ||||||||
| FEV1, mL | 2,730 (651) | 2,509 (576) | 2,727 (568) | 2,221 (466) | 1,960 (405) | 1,856 (424) | 2,163 (469) | 1,992 (447) | ||||||||
| FVC, mL | 3,403 (719) | 3,021 (649) | 3,286 (616) | 2,900 (604) | 2,475 (514) | 2,394 (496) | 2,744 (546) | 2,529 (499) | ||||||||
| FEV1/FVC ratio, % | 80 (7) | 83 (7) | 83 (7) | 77 (1) | 79 (1) | 77 (1) | 79 (1) | 79 (1) | ||||||||
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC, forced vital capacity; SD, standard deviation.
a
Table shows the mean (standard deviation) for each group.