Table 2.
Age-adjusted mean values of FMD (%) across selected characteristics.
| Characteristics | FMD (%) Mean ± SEM |
|---|---|
| Race/Ethnicity | |
| White | 5.37 ± 0.13 |
| Chinese American | 4.94 ± 0.17 |
| African-American | 3.96 ± 0.15 |
| Hispanic | 4.79 ± 0.14 |
| P-value* | <0.001 |
| Educational status | |
| ≤ High school grad/GED | 4.64 ± 0.13 |
| Some College/Tech school | 4.87 ± 0.15 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 4.89 ± 0.17 |
| Graduate/professional | 5.02 ± 0.15 |
| P-value‡ | 0.071 |
| Smoking status | |
| Never | 4.93 ± 0.10 |
| Former | 4.95 ± 0.14 |
| Current | 4.30 ± 0.20 |
| P-value* | 0.014 |
| Body Mass Index (Kg/m2) | −0.0236, 0.098 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | −0.0126, 0.029 |
| Physical activity (MET min/wk) | −0.00002, 0.025 |
| Pack-years of smoking (ever-smokers) | −0.0041, 0.061 |
| Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) | −0.0182, <0.001 |
| Diastolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg) | −0.0418, <0.001 |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.0185, 0.001 |
| Total cholesterol (mg/dL) | 0.0058, 0.007 |
*
P-values obtained from ANCOVA tests of differences between mean values.
‡
P-values obtained from ANCOVA linear contrasts.
Results for continuous variables are regression coefficients and P-values.