TABLE 1.
COHORT CHARACTERISTICS*
| Continuous Variables | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | Mean (SD) |
| Age | 56.5 (0.1) |
| Body Mass Index (kg/m2) | 29.9 (0.1) |
| Waist Circumference (cm) | 99.9 (0.2) |
| Pack-Years Smoking | 21.2 (0.7) |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 152.3 (1.9) |
| C-reactive Protein (mg/L) | 4.3 (0.1) |
| Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 84.2 (0.4) |
| Categorical Variables | |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | Freq (Percent) |
| Female | 5,268 (54.6) |
| Hispanic/Latino Group | |
| Dominican | 892 (9.3) |
| Central American | 632 (6.6) |
| Cuban | 2,615 (27.1) |
| Mexican | 2,923 (30.3) |
| Puerto Rican | 1,804 (18.7) |
| South American | 528 (5.5) |
| Mixed/Other/Missing | 252 (2.6) |
| Cigarette Smoking | |
| Former | 2,489 (25.8) |
| Current | 1,986 (20.6) |
| Hypertension | 4,216 (43.7) |
| Impaired Fasting Glucose | 3,203 (33.2) |
| Diabetes | 2,595 (26.9) |
| Dyslipidemia | 4,274 (44.3) |
| High School Graduate or Higher | 5,808 (60.2) |
| Immigrant Generation | |
| First | 8,239 (85.4) |
| Second | 1,409 (14.6) |
| Language Preference | |
| Spanish | 8,646 (86.5) |
| English | 1,002 (13.5) |
| Years Living in the United States | |
| Less than 10 | 1,714 (17.9) |
| More than 10 | 7873 (82.1) |
| Self Reported Procedure for PAD | 849 (8.8) |
| Self Reported Intermittent Claudication | 2,595 (26.9) |
| ABI Groups | |
| Low/PAD (≤ 0.90) | 548 (5.7) |
| Borderline (0.90 – 0.99) | 1,859 (19.3) |
| Normal (1.00 – 1.39) | 6,991 (72.5) |
| High (≥ 1.40) | 250 (2.6) |
*
Weighted to the sampling probability