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. 2013 Jul 19;14:75. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-75

Table 1.

Participant characteristics of eight participating African-American cohorts

 
 
CARe cohorts
 
 
 
  FamHS JHS† CARDIA* JHS-ARIC† MESA MESA Family/Air GeneSTAR GENOA
N analyzed
596
1066
671
322
1646
934
272
316
CAC score > 0, n (%)
330 (55.4%)
419 (39.3%)
108 (16.1%)
224 (69.6%)
726 (44.1%)
388 (41.8%)
111 (40.8%)
214 (67.7%)
CAC score mean
175.8
108.8
21.7
267.4
127.7
123.6
49.1
252.7
CAC score, median (Q1, Q3)
0.8 (0, 73.3)
0 (0, 37.8)
0 (0,0)
41.5 (0, 260.7)
0 (0, 53.2)
0 (0, 40.2)
0 (0, 16.0)
37.4 (0, 266.6)
CAC Heritability (SE)
0.33 (0.10)
0.47 (0.17)
-
-
-
0.31 (0.08)‡
0 (n/a)
0.26 (0.16)
Age, mean (range)
54.1 (36–83)
51.1 (36–90)
44.5 (37–54)
65.1 (57–80)
62.2 (45–84)
58.0 (39–91)
51.2 (36–64)
69.6 (56–85.5)
Sex, n (% male)
202 (33.9%)
408 (38.3%)
244 (36.4%)
87 (27%)
745(45.3%)
375 (40.4%)
92 (33.8%)
86 (27.2%)
Current Smoker, n (%)
144 (24.2%)
123 (11.5%)
157 (23.5%)
30 (9.3%)
297 (18%)
190 (20.5%)
75 (27.6%)
27 (8.5%)
Diabetic, n (%)
149 (25.4%)
145 (13.6%)
69 (10.3%)
77 (23.9%)
263 (16%)
137 (14.8%)
50 (18.4%)
105 (33.2%)
Hypertension, n (%)§
458 (76.9%)
607 (56.9%)
229 (34.1%)
243 (75.5%)
981 (59.6%)
561 (60.4%)
186 (68.4%)
263 (83.2%)
Statin Users, n (%)§
60 (10.1%)
95 (8.9%)
14 (2.1%)
53 (16.5%)
241 (14.6%)
193 (20.8%)
58 (21.3%)
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Prevalent CHD, n (%) 67 (11.2%) 46 (4.3%) 13 (1.9%) 26 (8.1%) 0 46 (4.%) 0 7 (2.2%)

*CARDIA: Year 20 data; hypertension by self-report.

† JHS CAC data comprised of the JHS de novo recruited sample “JHS” (n = 1066) and the JHS sample previously enrolled in the ARIC study, denoted “JHS-ARIC” (n = 322). CAC data were collected in all JHS participants (JHS and JHS-ARIC) through JHS NHLBI funding. The JHS-de novo recruited sample was genotyped as a batch via the CARe study at the Broad Institute. Genotyping of all AA ARIC participants also was performed as a separate batch via the CARe study at the Broad Institute. The recommendation from the CARe study analysis committee was to analyze the” JHS” and “JHS-ARIC” individuals separately because QC of JHS and ARIC genotype data was not 100% identical.

‡MESA Family/Air: heritability based on n = 882 in families from participants of MESA Family.

§GeneSTAR: hypertension = average of 3 measures ≥ 140/90 mmHg and/or current use of antihypertensive medication; GENOA: Self-reported hypertension. Statin use data was not available; MESA Family/Air: hypertension if diastolic > =90 or systolic > =140; or self-reported high blood pressure and on meds for hypertension; FamHS, CARDIA, MESA, JHS: hypertension = measure ≥140/90 mm Hg and/or current use of antihypertensive medication.