Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of PAGE participants, by site
| European Americans | Hispanics | African Americans | ||||||||||||||||
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| total N | Mean age (SD) | Age range | Mean BMI (SD) | Max BMI | % obese | total N | Mean age (SD) | Age range | Mean BMI (SD) | Max BMI | % obese | total N | Mean age (SD) | Age range | Mean BMI (SD) | Max BMI | % obese | |
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| ARIC | 11333 | 54.4 (5.7) | 44 – 66 | 27.1 (4.8) | 56.3 | 23 | 4192 | 53.6 (5.8) | 44 – 66 | 29.7 (6.0) | 65.9 | 41 | ||||||
| CARDIA | 1863 | 25.6 (3.3) | 18 – 30 | 23.8 (3.7) | 37.8 | 7 | 1645 | 24.5(3.8) | 18 – 30 | 25.8 (5.4) | 45.9 | 18 | ||||||
| CHS | 4454 | 72.8 (5.6) | 65 – 100 | 26.5 (4.4) | 48.3 | 18 | 819 | 72.9 (5.7) | 65 – 93 | 28.7 (5.4) | 58.8 | 33 | ||||||
| EAGLE | 6085 | 52.6 (19.6) | 18 – 90 | 27.6 (5.7) | 64.5 | 28 | 3513 | 43.5 (17.5) | 18 – 90 | 28.3 (5.5) | 59.7 | 32 | 2941 | 43.5 (17.1) | 18 – 90 | 29.1 (6.8) | 66.4 | 38 |
| MEC | 1193 | 59.5 (8.3) | 45 – 76 | 26.3 (5.0) | 56.8 | 17 | 1821 | 60.0 (7.2) | 45 – 76 | 27.7 (4.6) | 60.9 | 23 | 1858 | 62.0 (8.1) | 45 – 77 | 28.3 (5.1) | 68.7 | 30 |
| WHI | 12895 | 67.1 (6.9) | 50 – 79 | 29.0 (6.6) | 69.6 | 35 | 2012 | 60.5 (6.8) | 50 – 79 | 30.9 (7.2) | 69.9 | 33 | 3960 | 61.4 (7.1) | 50 – 79 | 33.2 (7.7) | 69.2 | 60 |
| Total | 37823 | 7346 | 15415 | |||||||||||||||
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| East Asians | Pacific Islanders | American Indians | ||||||||||||||||
| total N | Mean age (SD) | Age range | Mean BMI (SD) | Max BMI | % obese | total N | Mean age (SD) | Age range | Mean BMI (SD) | Max BMI | % obese | total N | Mean age (SD) | Age range | Mean BMI (SD) | Max BMI | % obese | |
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| MEC | 1740 | 61.0 (8.1) | 45 – 77 | 24.7 (3.3) | 40.7 | 6 | 604 | 56.7 (8.3) | 45 – 76 | 28.6 (6.0) | 60.2 | 35 | ||||||
| WHI | 698 | 64.1 (7.4) | 50 – 79 | 25.7 (4.4) | 56.4 | 12 | 0 | 101 | 60.5 (7.7) | 50 – 79 | 31.0 (6.6) | 49.8 | 50 | |||||
| SHFS | 0 | 0 | 3202 | 42.3 (15.9) | 18 – 93 | 32.7 (7.2) | 69.7 | 60 | ||||||||||
| SHCS | 0 | 0 | 2846 | 56.2 (8.0) | 45 – 75 | 31.0 (6.2) | 69.1 | 52 | ||||||||||
| Total | 2438 | 604 | 6149 | |||||||||||||||
ARIC: Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study; CARDIA: Coronary Artery Risk in Young Adults; CHS: Cardiovascular Health Study; EAGLE: Epidemiologic Architecture of Genes Linked to Environment; MEC: Multiethnic Cohort; WHI: Women’s Health Initiative; SHFS: Strong Heart Family Study; SHCS: Strong Heart Cohort Study; SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; Note: minimum BMI was 18.5 for all sites and ancestry groups.