Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants in selected population studies
| Characteristic | BioImage (n = 7687) | MESA (n = 6814) | ARIC (n = 15792) | CHS (n = 5201) | Framingham Heart Study | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Original (n = 5209) | Offspring (n = 5124) | 3rd Generation (n = 4095) | |||||
| Representative cohort | Imaging subset (n = 6101) | Subset (n = 6526) | Subset (n = 13145) | Subset (n = 4536) | Total (n = 5209) | Total (n = 5124) | Total (n = 4094) |
| Age, y | 68.8 (6.0) | 62 (10) | 54 (5.8) | 72.8 | 44 (9) | 36.5 (10.5) | 40 (9) |
| Sex, women,% | 56.4 | 53 | 56.8 | 56.7 | 55.2 | 51.5 | 53.3 |
| Race,% | |||||||
| White | 74 | 39 | 74.8 | 100 | |||
| Asian | 2 | 12 | |||||
| Black | 15.3 | 27 | 25.2 | ||||
| Hispanic | 6.1 | 22 | |||||
| Other | 2.6 | ||||||
| BMI, kg/m 2 | 29.1 (5.6) | 28.3 (5) | 27.36 (5.1) | 26.4 (4.5) | 25.6 (4.2) | 25.2 (4.2) | 26.9 (5.4) |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 139.5 (18.5) | 127 (22) | 120.72 (18.6) | 135 (21) | 135.4 (21.8) | 121.9 (16) | 116.7 (13.5) |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 78.2 (9.1) | 72 (10) | 73.46 (11.2) | 70 (11) | 84.9 (12.6) | 78.9 (10.5) | 75.3 (9) |
| Diabetes mellitus,% | 15.6 | 14 | 10.1 | 14.5 | |||
| Current smoker,% | 8.5 | 13 | 26.1 | 10.9 | 57.6 | 44.5 | 17.4 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 202.5 (38.7) | 194.1 (35.3) | 214 (41.4) | 212 (40) | 221 (44.7) | 196.4 (39.5) | 188.7 (35.4) |
| LDL, mg/dL | 114.1 (33.3) | 117 (32) | 136.8 (39.0) | 130 (36) | |||
| HDL, mg/dL | 55.6 (15.3) | 51 (15) | 52.6 (17.1) | 54 (16) | 50.2 (13.5) | 54.5 (14.1) | |
| Study period | 2008–2009 | 2000–2002 | 1987–1989 | 1989–1990 | 1948–1953 | 1971–1975 | 2002–2005 |
| References | [39, 40] | [41] | [42] | [43] | [43] | [43] | |
Data shown as mean (standard deviation) or prevalence %.
ARIC Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities; BMI body mass index; CHS Cardiovascular Health Study; HDL high-density lipoprotein; LDL low-density lipoprotein; MESA Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis