. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jul 1.

Published in final edited form as: JAMA Cardiol. 2016 Jul 1;1(4):442–450. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.1185

Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of CHS, ARIC, and HABC White and Black Study Participants

	CHS		ARIC		Health ABC
	Whites N = 3362	Black N = 811	Whites N = 9229	Blacks N = 3112	Blacks N = 1015
Age (years)	72.3 ± 5.4	72.7 ± 5.6	54.3 ± 5.7	53.3 ± 5.8	73.4 ± 2.9
Male (%)	40.0	36.6	47.1	37.4	42.8
Hypertension (%)	31.8	54.8	26.8	55.5	70.3
Diabetes Mellitus (%)	12.1	21.6	8.7	19.8	20.8
Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	26.3 ± 4.4	28.4 ± 5.3	27.0 ± 4.8	29.7 ± 6.1	28.5 ± 5.3
Coronary Artery Disease (%)	2.0	3.5	5.1	4.0	20.1
Congestive Heart Failure (%)	0.51	0.99	3.8	6.6	2.6

Data are n (%) or mean ± standard deviation, CHS = Cardiovascular Healthy Study, ARIC = Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, Health ABC = Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study