Table 1.
Main characteristics of 4,783 subjects by ethnicity in the Multiethnic Cohort
| Ethnicity/Race
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | NH | JA | LA | EA | ||
| N (% male) | Cases | 443 (45.2) | 114 (58.8) | 725 (58.9) | 489 (59.5) | 382 (51.1) |
| Controls | 824 (72.7) | 177 (40.7) | 799 (46.6) | 414 (60.6) | 416 (52.4) | |
| Mean age (SD) | Cases | 63.5 (8.1) | 58.8 (8.2) | 62.6 (8.4) | 62.3 (7.2) | 62.6 (8.2) |
| Controls | 62.9 (7.6) | 56.6 (6.9) | 60.3 (8.3) | 60.5 (6.6) | 60.0 (8.0) | |
| Mean BMI (SD) | Cases | 28.7 (5.0) | 30.0 (5.2) | 25.2 (4.0) | 27.9 (4.5) | 26.8 (4.6) |
| Controls | 27.8 (4.8) | 28.9 (5.5) | 24.6 (3.5) | 27.6 (4.3) | 26.2 (4.9) | |
| Pack-years of smoking * | Cases | 3.9 (14.2) | 7.1 (27.5) | 2.9 (19.8) | 1.3 (12.0) | 8.3 (31.8) |
| Controls | 6.2 (19.8) | 6.2 (19.8) | 0 (12.0) | 1.3 (10.3) | 2.0 (19.8) | |
| % Aspirin use # | Cases | 44.6 | 44.6 | 27.8 | 43.9 | 48.1 |
| Controls | 47.4 | 27.5 | 25.8 | 41.2 | 49.6 | |
EA: European Americans; AA: African Americans; JA: Japanese Americans; LA: Latinos; NH: Native Hawaiians
*
Data are median (upper quartile). Lower quartiles are all zero.
#
Ever used aspirin at least twice per week consecutively for more than a month