Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Samples in Participanting Cohorts

Cohort	Sample size	Age, yrs mean±SD	Women n (%)	BMI, kg/m2, mean±SD	BMI, kg/m2, (min, median, 95%-tile, max)
Sampling Scheme
ARIC	1754	54.9±5.7	845 (48.2%)	27.6±6.0	(14.4, 26.4, 40.2, 56.3)
High BMI	75	52.7±5.1	35(46.7%)	45.2±4.4	(39.0, 45.1, 54.6, 56.3)
Random Controls	810	54.5±5.7	398(49.1%)	26.7±4.7	(15.7, 26.0, 35.2, 51.6)
Other phenotype group	869	55.4±5.7	412(47.4%)	27.0±4.8	(14.4, 26.6, 35.7, 43.0)
CHS	1126	72.5±5.5	604 (53.6)	26.7±5.1	(15.3, 26.0, 35.4, 48.3)
High BMI	59	71.6±6.3	28 (47.5)	39.9±4.8	(32.5, 40.7, 46.7, 48.3)
Random Controls	458	72.5±5.4	236 (51.5)	26.3±3.9	(15.6, 26.1, 33.2, 40.1)
Other phenotype group	609	72.5±5.5	340 (55.8)	25.7±4.1	(15.3, 25.5, 33.2, 39.1)
FHS*	1096	37.0±9.7	564(51.5)	26.3±6.4	(15.7,25.0, 40.5,60.6)
High BMI	58	40.6±9.5	29(50.0)	46.8±5.0	(36.9,46.1,56.5,60.6)
Random Controls	501	36.3±9.3	249(49.7)	25.1±4.2	(15.9,24.7,33.0,40.4)
Other phenotype group	537	37.3±9.9	286(53.3)	25.1±4.1	(15.7, 24.7,32.2,45.2)

^*Exam 1 data were used for this analysis.