Table 1.

Participant Characteristics [Mean ± SD or %] in Relation to Quintiles of D-dimer, ARIC Visit 3, 1993-1995.

	Quintile of D-dimer (μg/mL)
Characteristic	0.01-0.14	0.15-0.22	0.23-0.32	0.33-0.50	0.51-20.0
n	2,370	2,622	2,429	2,242	2,434
Age, y	58.4 ± 5.4	59.3 ± 5.5	60.0 ± 5.6	60.5 ± 5.8	61.5 ± 5.7
BMI, kg/m2	27.1 ± 4.7	27.9 ± 4.9	28.8 ± 5.3	29.5 ± 6.1	29.1 ± 6.1
eGFR, ml/min/1.73 m2 †	98.3 ± 14.0	97.5 ± 14.7	95.8 ± 15.9	95.7 ± 16.8	92.6 ± 18.6
African American	11%	15%	25%	33%	34%
Women	49%	51%	58%	59%	61%
Diabetes	11%	14%	15%	18%	18%
Whites
F5 Leiden rs6025*	2.7%	3.8%	6.1%	8.4%	8.1%
F2 rs1799963*	1.6%	2.5%	2.8%	3.3%	4.6%
ABO non-O group	59%	58%	58%	61%	63%
FGG rs2066865*	45%	46%	46%	45%	45%
F11 rs2036914*	79%	77%	79%	77%	79%
African Americans
F5 Leiden rs6025*	--	0.3%	0.9%	1.3%	1.4%
F2 rs1799963*	0.9%	--	0.4%	0.6%	1.1%
ABO non-O group	50%	50%	51%	50%	47%
FGG rs2066865*	50%	51%	52%	54%	56%
F11 rs2036914*	85%	86%	88%	87%	87%
Hemoglobin S (rs334)*	2.0%	3.4%	4.6%	7.5%	9.7%

^*Prevalence of any risk allele for VTE.

^†From 1990-92 visit.