Table 2.
Characteristics of White Women and Men Participants: The CARDIA Study (1992–2006)
| White women
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| N | 1992–93 | N | 2000–01 | N | 2005–06 | |
| Biomarker of inflammation | ||||||
| CRP: mean (SD) (mg/L) | 878 | 1.76 (2.03) | 857 | 1.97 (2.19) | 833 | 1.88 (2.25) |
| Time-varying correlates of inflammation | ||||||
| Self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination | 958 | 958 | ||||
| No experiences of discrimination (%) | 69.62 | 76.62 | ||||
| 1 or 2 experiences of discrimination (%) | 27.04 | 20.04 | ||||
| 3 + experiences of discrimination (%) | 3.34 | 3.34 | ||||
| Systolic blood pressure: mean (SD) | 957 | 101.96 (9.54) | 956 | 106.59 (12.16) | 873 | 108.54 (12.11) |
| Total cholesterol: mean (SD) | 945 | 175.29 (32.49) | 944 | 182.31 (32.10) | 864 | 187.15 (31.88) |
| Triglycerides: mean (SD) | 945 | 77.27 (56.77) | 944 | 94.12 (61.35) | 864 | 97.82 (61.37) |
| HOMA-IR: mean (SD) | 901 | 2.55 (1.99) | 932 | 2.52 (2.04) | 862 | 2.95 (3.68) |
| Current smoking status | 956 | 957 | 868 | |||
| Non-smoker (%) | 81.59 | 84.33 | 87.56 | |||
| Smoker (%) | 18.41 | 15.67 | 12.44 | |||
| Alcohol consumption: mean (SD) | 955 | 1.87 (0.34) | 957 | 1.86 (0.35) | 865 | 1.86 (0.35) |
| BMI: mean (SD) (kg/m2) | 925 | 24.99 (5.86) | 940 | 26.78 (6.78) | 871 | 27.34 (6.97) |
| Time-fixed correlates of inflammation | ||||||
| Age: mean (SD) (years) | 958 | 32.63 (3.37) | ||||
| Education | 958 | |||||
| High school graduate or less (%) | 13.15 | |||||
| Some college or more (%) | 86.85 | |||||
| Social desirability: mean (SD) | 953 | 10.92 (3.57) | ||||
| Personal control: mean (SD) | 956 | 28.79 (4.24) | ||||
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White men
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| N | 1992–93 | N | 2000–01 | N | 2005–06 | |
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| Biomarker of inflammation | ||||||
| CRP: mean (SD) (mg/L) | 829 | 1.39 (1.62) | 805 | 1.49 (1.65) | 771 | 1.29 (1.52) |
| Time-varying correlates of inflammation | ||||||
| Self-reported racial/ethnic discrimination | 863 | 863 | ||||
| No experiences of discrimination (%) | 71.61 | 76.59 | ||||
| 1 or 2 experiences of discrimination (%) | 25.14 | 20.28 | ||||
| 3 + experiences of discrimination (%) | 3.24 | 3.13 | ||||
| Systolic blood pressure: mean (SD) | 863 | 110.96 (10.76) | 861 | 113.47 (12.42) | 784 | 116.41 (11.57) |
| Total cholesterol: mean (SD) | 860 | 181.54 (36.19) | 857 | 191.40 (37.79) | 781 | 188.22 (36.92) |
| Triglycerides: mean (SD) | 860 | 111.83 (112.75) | 857 | 139.77 (147.36) | 781 | 140.35 (104.37) |
| HOMA-IR: mean (SD) | 818 | 3.17 (5.24) | 851 | 3.20 (2.83) | 780 | 3.79 (3.31) |
| Current smoking status | 863 | 863 | 774 | |||
| Non-smoker (%) | 80.07 | 83.20 | 85.66 | |||
| Smoker (%) | 19.93 | 16.80 | 14.34 | |||
| Alcohol consumption: mean (SD) | 862 | 1.89 (0.31) | 859 | 1.86 (0.34) | 771 | 1.87 (0.34) |
| BMI: mean (SD) (kg/m2) | 862 | 26.11 (4.14) | 861 | 27.73 (4.74) | 784 | 28.50 (6.15) |
| Time-fixed correlates of inflammation | ||||||
| Age: mean (SD) (years) | 863 | 32.57 (3.30) | ||||
| Education | 863 | |||||
| High school graduate or less (%) | 15.99 | |||||
| Some college or more (%) | 84.01 | |||||
| Social desirability: mean (SD) | 861 | 10.73 (3.63) | ||||
| Personal control: mean (SD) | 862 | 28.68 (4.03) | ||||