Table 1.

Demographics of the Cohort Participants With Risk Factor Values and Plaque Measurements, Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2000–2002)

Variable	Value*
Age, y	61.1±10.2
Sex (men/women)	47.4% (3110/3452)
Ethnicity
White	38.7% (2541)
Chinese	12.1% (792)
Black	27.3% (1790)
Hispanic	21.9% (1439)
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	126.5±21.5
HDL‐cholesterol, mg/dL	51.0±14.8
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	194.2±35.7
Diabetes (yes/no)	13.9% (911/5651)
Current smoker (yes/no)	13.1% (860/5702)
Any plaque above 0% (yes/no)	41.9% (2748/3814)
Plaque above 25% (yes/no)	13.2% (863/5699)
Maximum internal carotid artery IMT, mm	1.595±1.038
Combined subjective and far wall IMT >1.5 mm (yes/no)	43.5% (2855/3706)
Maximum ICA IMT >1.5 mm (yes/no)	38.5% (2526/4036)
Mean of the maximum ICA IMT, mm	1.074±0.605
Incident cardiovascular disease (yes/no)	7.9% (515/6047)
Incident coronary heart disease (yes/no)	5.7% (372/6190)
Incident stroke (yes/no)	2.1% (139/6423)

HDL indicates high‐density lipoprotein; IMT, intima‐media thickness; ICA, internal carotid artery.

^*Mean±SD for continuous variables and percent values (numerical values) for categorical variables.