Table 2.

General characteristics of the MESA sample at baseline, 2000–2002.

Variable	Value
Age (in years)	62·15 (10·23)
Gender (% female)	52·85
Race
% African-American	27·78
% Caucasian	38·48
% Chinese-American	11·78
% Hispanic	21·95
Body Mass index (kg/m2)	28·34 (5·48)
Diabetes
% Impaired Fasting Glucose	13·83
% Treated	10·01
% Untreated	2·64
Systolic Blood Pressure (mm Hg))	126·59 (21·48)
Use of Hypertension Medication (%)	37·23
Heart Rate (bpm)	63·13 (9·66)
Smoking status
% current	13·06
% former	36·62
Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)	194·16 (35·73)
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	50·96 (14·83)
Lipid Medication use (%)	16·15
Heart Failure, n (%)	259 (3·8)
All Cardiovascular Disease, n (%)	710 (10·4)
Coronary Heart Disease, n (%)	498 (7·3)
Atrial Fibrillation, n (%)	317 (4·7)
All-cause Death, n (%)	831 (12·2)
Stroke, n (%)	200 (2·9)