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. 2011 Jun 8;141(8):1508–1515. doi: 10.3945/jn.111.138115

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)
1

Values are percent, mean SE, or median (SE).

2

Metabolic equivalents in minutes per week.

3

1 kcal/d = 4.18 kJ/d.