Table 1.
Characteristics of the study population at baseline
| Variable | Value | Study Sample (N=4,144) |
Excluded (N=2,670) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (yrs) | 61.4 +/− 10.1 | 63.3 +/− 10.4 | |
| Sex | Male | 1,972 (47.6) | 1,241 (46.5) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 27.9 +/− 5.0 | 29.1 +/− 6.1 | |
| Race/ethnicity | Caucasian | 1,628 (39.3) | 994 (37.2) |
| African American | 1,083 (26.1) | 810 (30.3) | |
| Hispanic | 913 (22.0) | 583 (21.8) | |
| Chinese | 520 (12.5) | 283 (10.6) | |
| Education Level | < High School | 673 (16.2) | 552 (20.9) |
| High School/GED | 772 (18.6) | 464 (17.5) | |
| < College (> High School) |
1,176 (28.4) | 761 (28.7) | |
| Bachelor's Degree | 747 (18.0) | 424 (16.0) | |
| Graduate Degree | 776 (18.7) | 446 (16.8) | |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mmHg) |
125.4 +/− 21.0 | 128.4 +/− 22.1 | |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) |
71.9 +/− 10.2 | 72.0 +/− 10.4 | |
| Hypertension | 1,774 (42.8) | 1,284 (48.1) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | Normal (Blood glucose <100 mg/dl) |
3,114 (75.3) | 1,878 (70.8) |
| Impaired Fasting Glucose (Blood glucose = 100–125 mg/dl) |
545 (13.2) | 394 (14.9) | |
| Untreated Diabetes (Blood glucose ≥ 126 mg/dl) |
101 (2.4) | 78 (2.9) | |
| Treated Diabetes | 378 (9.1) | 302 (11.4) | |
| Statin use | 607 (14.7) (N = 4142) |
402 (15.1) (N =2669) |
|
| C-reactive protein (CRP) (mg/L) |
3.5 +/− 5.6 | 4.2 +/− 6.3 | |
| Smoking Status | Never | 2,142 (51.7) | 1,276 (48.2) |
| Former | 1,481 (35.7) | 1,006 (38.0) | |
| Current | 521 (12.6) | 366 (13.8) | |
| Pack Years | 10.8 +/− 22.7 (N =4097) |
12.3 +/− 21.5 (N = 2623) |
Data shown as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).