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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Heart. 2014 Nov 7;101(1):58–64. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2014-305697

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants who developed HF versus those who did not develop HF at 7.1 years follow-up in MESA

Overall
(n=6814)
Developed HF at follow-up (n=176) No HF at follow-up (n=6633)
Age (years) 62.1±10 69.1±10* 62.0±10
Male (%) 47.1 60.8* 46.8
Caucasians (%) 2622 (38.5) 69 (39.2) 2553 (38.4)
Chinese-Americans (%) 803 (11.7) 9 (5.1)* 794 (12.0)
African-Americans (%) 1892 (27.8) 59 (33.5)* 1833 (27.6)
Hispanics (%) 1496 (22.0) 39 (22.2)* 1457 (22.0)
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 126.6±21.5 140.4±22.4* 126.2±21.3
Diastolic blood pressure (mm Hg) 71.9±10.3 73.9±10.8* 71.9±10.2
Heart rate (bpm) 63±10 65.0±11.1* 63.1±9.6
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 194±35.7 189.65±35.1 194.3±35.7
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 51±15 47.9±14.1* 51.1±14.8
Hypertension (%) 44.9 75.6* 44.1
Hypertension medication (%) 37.2 63.1* 36.5
Diabetes mellitus (%) 12.6 31.8* 12.1
Current cigarette smokers (%) 13.0 16.5* 12.9
Pack years 11.4±22.3 18.3±30.9* 11.2±22.0
BMI (kg/m2) 28.3±5.5 30.1* 28.3
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.96±0.3 1.1±0.7* 0.9±0.3
ECG-LVH (%) 1.0 6.3* 0.9
LV mass index (g/m2) 77.9±16.3 96.7* 77.5
NT-proBNP (pg/mL) 102.3±249.7 456.4* 93.0

Parentheses represent units of measurements with the respective 95% CIs or percentages as appropriate.

*

p<0.05 for difference

vs Caucasians.

BMI, body mass index; ECG, electrocardiogram; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; HF, heart failure; LVH, LV hypertrophy; MESA, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; NT-proBNP, N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide.