TABLE 1.

Distribution of the Study Participants in Each Study Site by Racial Groups in the Multi-Ethnic Study on Atherosclerosis

	White		Chinese		Black		Hispanic
	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Forsyth County, North Carolina
Baseline examination (n = 6814)	573	53.2	0	0	501	46.5	3	0.3
Second examination (n = 6233)	536	54.4	0	0	446	45.3	3	0.3
Agreeing to refraction (n = 6099)	531	55.4	0	0	423	44.3	3	0.3
Included in the analysis (n = 4430)	359	52.7	0	0	320	47.0	2	0.3
New York, New York
Baseline examination (n = 6814)	223	20.2	2	0.2	381	34.6	496	45.0
Second examination (n = 6233)	214	20.8	2	0.2	354	34.4	459	44.6
Agreeing to refraction (n = 6099)	212	21.0	2	0.2	347	34.4	449	44.5
Included in the analysis (n = 4430)	142	19.4	0	0	256	35.0	334	45.6
Baltimore, Maryland
Baseline examination (n = 6814)	533	49.1	0	0	553	50.9	0	0
Second examination (n = 6233)	483	50.5	0	0	473	49.5	0	0
Agreeing to refraction (n = 6099)	472	50.8	0	0	458	49.2	0	0
Included in the analysis (n = 4430)	323	49.4	0	0	331	50.6	0	0
St Paul, Minnesota
Baseline examination (n = 6814)	605	56.8	0	0	0	0	461	43.2
Second examination (n = 6233)	567	58.5	0	0	0	0	402	41.5
Agreeing to refraction (n = 6099)	566	59.0	0	0	0	0	394	41.0
Included in the analysis (n = 4430)	396	55.5	0	0	0	0	318	44.5
Chicago, Illinois
Baseline examination (n = 6814)	557	47.9	304	26.1	303	26.0	0	0
Second examination (n = 6233)	531	49.1	277	25.6	273	25.3	0	0
Agreeing to refraction (n = 6099)	511	49.2	264	25.4	264	25.4	0	0
Included in the analysis (n = 4430)	350	46.7	192	25.6	208	27.7	0	0
Los Angeles County, California
Baseline examination (n = 6814)	131	9.9	497	37.7	155	11.8	536	40.6
Second examination (n = 6233)	133	11.0	449	37.0	145	12.0	486	40.1
Agreeing to refraction (n = 6099)	128	10.7	447	37.2	143	11.9	483	40.2
Included in the analysis (n = 4430)	97	10.8	487	11.0	115	12.8	392	43.6