. 2016 Mar 10;27(9):2842–2850. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2015070763

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of ARIC participants at visit 1 (1987–1989), by race/APOL1 status

	White Participants	Black APOL1 Low-Risk Participants	Black APOL1 High-Risk Participants
N	11,464	3206	470
%	75.7	21.2	3.1
Age, yr (mean)	54.9	54.0^a	53.5^a
Female, %	52.7	62.1^a	63.2^a
Body mass index, kg/m² (mean)	27.0	29.6^a	29.6^a
Systolic BP, mmHg (mean)	118.5	128.3^a	128.9^a
Diabetes, %	7.2	17.2^a	16.6^a
Hypertension, %	27.3	55.0^a	57.1^a
Prior CHD event, %	5.3	3.9^a	4.8
eGFRcr, ml/min per 1.73 m² (mean)	99.4	111.2^a	110.4^a
eGFRcr<60 ml/min per 1.73 m², %	1.0	2.1^a	2.3^a
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl (mean)	137.7	138.0	135.3
HDL, mg/dl (mean)	50.4	54.9^a	55.6^a
Triglycerides, mg/dl (mean)	138.1	114.8^a	108.9^a
On aspirin, %	52.7	29.4^a	31.0^a
On statin, %	0.7	0.3^a	0.4
Smoking status
Current, %	24.7	29.4^a	33.6^a
Former, %	35.4	24.2^a	22.5^a
Never, %	39.9	46.2^a	43.9^a
Annual family income <$25,000, %	25.4	63.3^a	64.4^a
Non-high school graduate, %	17.1	40.2^a	42.8^a

CHD, coronary heart disease; eGFRcr, eGFR based on creatinine.

P<0.05 for comparison with the white subgroup. There were no statistically significant differences between blacks by APOL1 risk group.