Table 2.

Characteristics of the 537 Afro-Caribbean participants

	Cases (n = 178)	Controls (n = 359)	P value
Age, y	63.20 (± 10.50)	51.66 (± 13.54)	< 1 × 10−5
Male sex, %	64.0	43.7	< 1 × 10−5
Hypertension, %	78.7	30.1	< 1 × 10−5
Hypercholesterolemia, %	52.8	15.0	< 1 × 10−5
Diabetes, %	53.9	14.8	< 1 × 10−5
Current smokers, %	27.5	13.4	< 1 × 10−5
BMI	27.41 (± 4.86)	27.15 (± 5.62)	0.535
Obesity (BMI > 30 kg/m2), %	23.9	28.9	0.224

Data were available for all participants and are presented as mean (± SD) or percent. Categorical variables were compared using the χ² test. The student t test was used for comparison between continuous variables.

BMI, body mass index.