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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Respir Med. 2014 Oct 22;109(2):255–264. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2014.10.004

Table 1.

Selected characteristics of study sample at baseline exam by quintile of sICAM-l

Quintile of sICAM-1

Q1
(n=373)
Q2
(n=373)
Q3
(n=373)
Q4
(n=373)
Q5
(n=373)
sICAM-1 ng/mL (mean, SD) 170.3 ± 35.3 230.8 ± 9.3 262.6 ± 9.6 296.7 ± 11.5 383.7 ± 78.4

Age (mean ± SD) 58.1 ± 9.0 59.0 ± 9.6 59.1 ± 9.5 59.7 ± 9.6 59.6 ± 9.3
Percent male 46.6 49.9 44.8 40.8 41.8
Race (%)
 White, non-Hispanic 28.2 51.1 54.2 53.4 49.3
 African-American 32.4 12.1 13.1 15.3 17.7
 Hispanic/Latino 13.4 14.5 21.4 24.1 29.2
 Chinese-American 26.0 22.3 11.3 7.2 3.8
Education (%)
 Incomplete High School 14.2 9.9 11.8 16.1 19.8
 Completed High School 11.8 16.6 15.3 21.4 21.4
 Some College 28.4 27.3 27.3 27.6 31.1
 Completed College 23.1 20.4 17.4 14.2 15.0
 Graduate Degree 22.3 25.5 27.9 20.7 12.7
Height (mean ± SD) cm 166.9 ± 9.5 168.2 ± 10.0 167.2 ± 9.9 165.8 ± 9.6 165.9 ± 9.9
Weight (mean ± SD) lbs 166.9 ± 39.5 166.8 ± 36.8 174.2 ± 38.1 177.9 ± 39.4 180.0 ± 38.2
BMI (mean ± SD) kg/m2 27.0 ± 5.2 26.6 ± 4.5 28.2 ± 5.3 29.3 ± 5.9 29.7 ± 5.8
Smoking status (%)
 Never 51.5 53.4 48.8 43.4 32.4
 Former 39.4 38.9 40.8 41.8 35.1
 Current 9.1 7.8 10.5 14.7 32.4
Pack-years (mean ± SD)* 19.1 ± 20.8 23.9 ± 23.3 23.0 ± 22.9 23.4 ± 22.3 33.0 ± 32.7
Cigarettes/day (mean ± SD) 11.4 ± 10.2 9.7 ± 7.5 8.4 ± 7.8 11.6 ± 10.6 16.4 ± 12.6
Recent cold or flu, % (No) 13.2 (49) 13.0 (48) 14.5 (54) 15.5 (58) 17.4 (64)
Oral steroid use, % (No) 0.54 (2) 0.54 (2) 1.9 (7) 0.27 (1) 1.1 (4)
C-reactive protein (mg/L) 3.0 ± 5.1 2.7 ± 6.0 3.0 ± 3.7 4.2 ± 5.7 5.6 ± 7.1
Sphingomyelin 43.9 ± 12.7 44.4 ± 13.2 44.9 ± 18.0 43.6 ± 12.3 44.9 ± 12.8
sE-selectin, ng/mL (mean, SD) n=928 40.8 ± 20.5 45.1 ± 17.0 49.7 ± 21.7 52.2 ± 21.3 66.3 ± 30.2
sVCAM1, ng/mL (mean, SD) n=1,054 633.1 ± 150 687.7 ± 193 728.8 ± 169 713.2 ± 194 765.5 ± 233
sL-selectin, ng/mL (mean, SD) n=1,054 894.5 ± 195 893.7 ± 186 915.1 ± 182 950.8 ± 201 946.2 ± 196
sP-selectin, ng/mL (mean, SD) n=1,100 25.9 ± 7.3 26.8 ± 9.1 28.4 ± 10.6 28.9 ± 10.3 31.6 ± 10.8
*

for 904 ever-smokers reporting pack-years.

for current smokers, n=278.

sample size includes those in the MESA Lung Study with both adhesion molecules measured.