Table 3. Adjusted^a M hs-CRP in MESA men across tertiles of MET-minutes/week of moderate/vigorous physical activity.

	Moderate/vigorous physical activity (MET-minutes/week)
	Tertile 1 (<2760)	Tertile 2 (2760–<6690)	Tertile 3 (≥6690)	p for trendb
Number of participants
White	356	453	383
Chinese	183	127	66
Black	241	256	300
Hispanic	220	176	290
n	1000	1012	1039
Model 1
White	2.66	2.50	2.06**	0.040
Chinese	1.95	1.58	1.98	0.905
Black	4.38	3.43	3.16**	0.049
Hispanic	4.56	3.51*	2.83***	0.005
Model 2
White	2.58	2.54	2.08*	0.080
Chinese	1.96	1.60	1.91	0.839
Black	4.36	3.43	3.18*	0.057
Hispanic	4.36	3.56	2.95**	0.020
Model 3
White	2.54	2.58	2.08	0.106
Chinese	1.93	1.67	1.86	0.868
Black	4.32	3.32	3.30*	0.106
Hispanic	4.23	3.63	3.02**	0.044

^aModel 1: adjusted for age, education, MESA study site, and physical activity questionnaire mode of administration; Model 2: further adjusted for pack-years of cigarette smoking, infection status, and aspirin use; Model 3: further adjusted for BMI; blood pressure; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; diabetes; and the use of antihypertensive, statin, and diabetes medication

^bp-values for trend in hs-CRP across tertiles of moderate/vigorous physical activity

^*p<0.1;

^**p<0.05;

^***p<0.01 for comparisons with Tertile 1 (lowest level) based on general linear models hs-CRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis