Table 1.
Baseline Characteristics of Participants by Race/Ethnicity, Cardiovascular Health Study, 1989–1990
| European Americans (n = 3,309) |
African Americans (n = 597) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | No. | % | Mean (SD) | No. | % | |
| Age, years | 72.3 (5.4) | 72.7 (5.6) | ||||
| Female sex | 2,007 | 61 | 382 | 64 | ||
| Height, cm | 164.6 (9.3) | 164.5 (9.2) | ||||
| Body mass indexa | 26.4 (4.5) | 28.6 (5.5) | ||||
| Use of antihypertension medication | 1,196 | 36 | 264 | 44 | ||
| History of coronary heart disease | 68 | 2 | 20 | 3 | ||
| History of cerebrovascular accident or stroke | 8 | 0.2 | 5 | 0.8 | ||
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Current smoker | 371 | 11 | 98 | 16 | ||
| Prior smoker | 1,360 | 41 | 217 | 36 | ||
| Never smoker | 1,578 | 48 | 282 | 47 | ||
| Diabetes mellitus | 401 | 12 | 129 | 22 | ||
| Impaired fasting glucose level | 398 | 12 | 75 | 13 | ||
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 135.1 (21.0) | 141.7 (22.6) | ||||
| Creatinine concentration, mg/dL | 1.01 (0.28) | 1.07 (0.32) | ||||
| C-reactive protein concentration, mg/L | 3.1 (5.6) | 4.4 (6.1) | ||||
| Incident atrial fibrillation | 879 | 27 | 101 | 17 | ||
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a Weight (kg)/height (m)2.