Table 4.

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

	Moderate/vigorous physical activity (MET-minutes/week)
	Tertile 1 (<2295)	Tertile 2 (2295–<5333)	Tertile 3 (≥5333)	p for trendb
Number of participants
White	315	460	405
Chinese	171	112	69
Black	271	262	363
Hispanic	257	193	213
n	1014	1027	1050
Model 1
White	5.22	4.04***	4.20**	0.036
Chinese	2.11	1.76	1.46	0.124
Black	6.50	5.04**	5.12**	0.016
Hispanic	4.92	4.87	4.45	0.366
Model 2
White	5.21	4.04***	4.21**	0.041
Chinese	2.05	1.81	1.54	0.222
Black	6.44	5.05**	5.15**	0.026
Hispanic	4.90	4.94	4.40	0.350
Model 3
White	4.89	4.04**	4.45	0.381
Chinese	2.06	1.76	1.60	0.247
Black	6.42	4.87***	5.30**	0.049
Hispanic	4.72	4.94	4.62	0.862

^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; the use of antihypertensive, statin, and diabetes medication; and hormone therapy

^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