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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: JACC Heart Fail. 2017 Mar;5(3):182–190. doi: 10.1016/j.jchf.2016.12.020

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics of Jackson Heart Study participants of the cardiac MRI exam.

Variable BMI<25
(n=195)
BMI 25-30
(n=551)
BMI 30-35
(n=482)
BMI >35
(n=424)
P
Age, years 59.7 ± 10.7 60.4 ± 10.4 59.3 ± 10.2 57.6 ± 10.1 0.71
Females 57 51 63 80 <0.0001
CVD 6.7 7.1 9.1 8 0.59
Ever Smoked 36.4 28.3 27.6 24.3 0.02
Hypertension 59.4 72.6 75.2 81.5 <0.0001
Diabetes mellitus 7.8 21.4 28.2 40.3 <0.0001
Anti-HTN med* 52 65 68 77 <0.0001
Anti-diabetic med* 7 17 22 29 <0.0001
Statin * 23 27 27 24 0.52
Heart rate, bpm 71 ± 12 70 ± 11 70 ± 10 73 ± 13 <0.0001
Systolic BP, mm Hg 127 ± 19 126 ± 16 126 ± 18 128 ± 20 <0.0001
Diastolic BP, mm Hg 75 ± 10 75 ± 11 76 ± 11 80 ± 46 <0.0001
Fasting glucose*, mg/dL 94 ± 21 103 ± 34 105 ± 33 110 ± 39 <0.0001
Total Chol.*, mg/dL 202 ± 39 197 ± 40 199 ± 40 196 ± 42 0.37
LDL*, mg/dL 119 ± 36 120 ± 36 124 ± 36 121 ± 37 0.88
Triglyceride*, mg/dL 87 ± 58 95 ± 59 102 ± 62 100 ± 65 0.16
eGFR*, ml/min/1.73m2 91 ± 20 88 ± 20 89 ± 21 91 ± 23 0.008
Chronic Kidney Disease 6.5 7.5 7.7 10.8 0.24
HOMA-IR y, units 1.70 ± 1.33 2.44 ± 1.56 3.35 ± 1.88 3.87 ± 2.12 <0.0001
CRP, mg/mL 0.28 ± 0.52 0.33 ± 0.53 0.50 ± 0.60 0.93 ± 1.58 <0.0001
P-Selectin, ng/mL 31.8 ± 11.0 32.1 ± 10.7 34.0 ± 11.7 34.3 ± 11.4 0.29
E-selectin, ng/mL 38.6 ± 17.0 41.5 ± 18.7 43.9 ± 18.3 46.9 ± 21.6 <0.0001
VAT (cm3) z 547 ± 283 657 ± 250 896 ± 364 987 ± 409 <0.0001

Data presented as mean ± SD or percentage.

*

>5% of participants missing.

y

only available for non diabetics.

z

only available for 246 participants from visit 2.