Table 1.
Characteristics of the reference sample (Reference sample defined as normotensive participants with BMI less than 25 kg/m2 with no diabetes or impaired fasting glucose) (N = 822) and the entire MESA cohort with CMR data (N = 5,004)
| Reference sample N = 822 | All participants N = 5,004 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men N = 320 | Women N = 502 | Men N = 2,382 | Women N = 2,622a | |||||
| Race | % | % | % | % | ||||
| White | 47 | 55 | 39 | 39 | ||||
| Chinese | 22 | 22 | 13 | 13 | ||||
| Black | 18 | 12 | 25 | 27 | ||||
| Hispanic | 13 | 11 | 23 | 21 | ||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (years) | 59.5 | 9.9 | 58.1 | 9.8 | 61.6 | 10.1 | 61.5 | 10.1 |
| Height (m) | 1.74 | 0.08 | 1.61 | 0.07 | 1.73 | 0.08 | 1.60 | 0.07 |
| Weight (kg) | 69.1 | 8.6 | 57.7 | 7.0 | 82.7 | 14.7 | 71.9 | 15.7 |
| BSA (m2) | 1.83 | 0.15 | 1.60 | 0.12 | 1.97 | 0.19 | 1.74 | 0.19 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.8 | 1.7 | 22.2 | 1.9 | 27.4 | 4.1 | 28.0 | 5.6 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 112.0 | 12.1 | 108.5 | 14.2 | 125.2 | 19.3 | 125.7 | 23.0 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 70.0 | 7.5 | 64.4 | 8.9 | 74.9 | 9.4 | 69.0 | 10.2 |
| LV mass (g) | 148.6 | 30.7 | 106.0 | 19.3 | 168.9 | 37.2 | 123.8 | 27.4 |
BSA body surface area, BMI body mass index, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, SD standard deviation
a
N = 2,622 for measurements from all women participants except for SBP and DBP where N = 2,621