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Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Mar 24;41(3):471–476. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.02.002

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics According to Congestive Heart Failure Status^a

		Congestive Heart Failure
Baseline Characteristics	All Participants	Yes	No	P Values^b
Number	11,681	32	11,649	—
Age, yr	47	51	47	0.002
African American, %	7	6	7	1.000^c
Education (>12 grade), %	64	50	64	0.108
Hypertension, %	80	84	80	0.538
Diuretic use, %	31	28	31	0.694
BMI, kg/m²	27	28	27	0.157
Creatinine (mean), mg/dL	1.1	1.2	1.1	0.115
Alcohol (mean), servings/wk	11	10	11	0.745
Fructose (mean), g/d	20	18	20	0.508
Caffeine (mean), mg/d	418	367	418	0.446
Protein (mean), g/d	84	75	84	0.143
Saturated fat (mean), g/d	28	27	28	0.768

^a

Our study baseline was a 12-month follow-up visit of the Multiple Risk Factor Interventional Trial (see text for details).

^b

Two-sample t-test was used for continuous variables and χ² test was used for dichotomous variables.

^c

Based on Fisher’s exact test.