TABLE 1.
Baseline characteristics of MESA participants (n = 5181)1
Characteristics and plasma markers | |
Demographic and lifestyle characteristics | |
Sex, % | |
Female | 52.4 |
Male | 47.6 |
Age, y | 61.8 ± 10.3 |
Race/ethnicity, % | |
White | 42.8 |
African American | 24.4 |
Hispanic | 20.6 |
Asian | 12.2 |
Education, % | |
<High school | 16.1 |
High school | 17.6 |
>High school | 66.3 |
Physical activity,2MET- min/wk | |
Inactive leisure | 1680 ± 1120 |
Active leisure | 2500 ± 3050 |
Cigarette smoking status, % | |
Never | 50.7 |
Former | 36.6 |
Current | 12.7 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 27.9 ± 5.2 |
Alcohol intake, g/d | 5.6 ± 12.3 |
Dietary intakes | |
Total energy,3kcal/d | 1680 ± 797 |
Dietary nonheme iron, mg/d | 11.2 ± 3.5 |
Dietary heme-iron, mg/d | 0.78 ± 0.64 |
Dietary Zn, mg/d | 8.3 ± 4.4 |
Dietary Mg, mg/d | 255 ± 119 |
Dietary vitamin C, mg/d | 100 ± 60 |
Dietary vitamin E, mg/d | 10.4 ± 6.7 |
Dietary β-carotene, mg/d | 3.26 ± 2.41 |
Dietary fiber intake, g/d | 16.8 ± 8.4 |
Plasma markers of inflammation and subclinical atherosclerosis | |
IL-6, ng/L | 1.15 (1.16) |
CRP, mg/L | 1.79 (5.74) |
tHcy, μmol/L | 8.60 (3.81) |
Fibrinogen, g/L | 3.33 (7.13) |
Values are percent, mean SE, or median (SE).
Metabolic equivalents in minutes per week.
1 kcal/d = 4.18 kJ/d.