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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 Feb 20;34(5):1069–1077. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303284

Table 1.

Description of 11,419 ARIC participants at baseline (ARIC visit 4)

Characteristic N=11,419
Age, years 62.83±5.67
Race
  African American 2,515 (22)
  Caucasian 8,904 (78)
Sex
  Female 6,385 (56)
  Male 5,034 (44)
Ever smoked cigarettes 6,635 (58)
Ever drank alcohol 8,989 (79)
Statin use 1,308 (11.5)
Prevalent CHD 972 (8.7)
Diabetes mellitus 1943 (16.9)
Metabolic syndrome 5127 (44.6)
sdLDL-C, mg/dL 43.48±20.76
lbLDL-C, mg/dL 79.22±28.52
sdLDL-C/LDL-C 0.35±0.1496

Data are presented as mean±SD or n (%). CHD: coronary heart disease; lbLDL-C: large buoyant low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; sdLDL-C: small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.