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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2017 Apr;10(2):e001527. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGENETICS.116.001527

Table 1.

Characteristics of Discovery Stage Cohorts

Cohort N Visits/
follow-up years
Baseline Long term average


Age, Years
Mean (SD)
BMI, kg/m2
Mean (SD)
SBP, mmHg
Mean (SD)
DBP, mmHg
Mean (SD)
Anti-HTN
Medication, %
BMI, kg/m2
Mean (SD)
SBP, mmHg
Mean (SD)
DBP, mmHg
Mean (SD)
DFTJ 1,155 2/5 62.5 (7.7) 24.8 (3.3) 132.5 (20.4) 79.7 (11.7) 29.7 24.4 (3.3) 146.7 (23.8) 83.3 (12.8)
GenSalt 1,767 3/8 39.0 (9.2) 23.4 (3.1) 117.0 (14.1) 73.8 (10.2) 0.4 24.2 (3.2) 123.4 (15.0) 78.6 (9.7)
KARE 6,447 3/7 52.2 (8.8) 24.6 (3.1) 122.6 (19.3) 80.9 (11.7) 10.6 24.6 (3.0) 120.0 (16.4) 79.4 (9.7)
MESA (Chinese subjects) 775 4/6 62.4 (10.4) 24.0 (3.3) 127.4 (23.7) 73.3 (10.9) 29.0 24.0 (3.2) 126.8 (21.2) 72.3 (9.6)
NHAPC 2,004 2/6 58.2 (5.9) 24.5 (3.6) 139.6 (22.6) 79.9 (10.8) 26.4 24.6 (3.5) 137.8 (18.8) 80.3 (9.5)
SiMES 1,494 2/6 57.2 (10.1) 26.6 (4.8) 148.0 (24.0) 81.2 (11.3) 29.4 26.7 (4.8) 146.9 (19.9) 80.3 (9.4)
SP2 2,177 2/10 38.2 (11.1) 22.5 (3.5) 118.8 (16.8) 71.8 (11.8) 5.2 22.9 (3.7) 130.6 (21.2) 77.6 (11.4)
TWT2D2 1,599 2/2 61.6 (11.8) 33.2 (9.0) 134.6 (16.7) 80.8 (10.5) 30.8 33.2 (9.0) 135.1 (16.9) 78.7 (11.2)
TUDR 1,004 4/4 64.3 (11.9) 24.8 (4.3) 134.6 (17.7) 75.8 (10.9) 60.3 - 136.6 (20.7) 76.8 (12.1)

BMI=Body mass index; DBP=Diastolic blood pressure; DFTJ=Dong Feng Tongji Cohort Study; GenSalt=Genetic Epidemiology Network of Salt-Sensitivity; HTN=Hypertension; KARE=Korean Association Resource; MESA=Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; NHAPC=Nutrition and Health of Aging Population in China; SBP=Systolic blood pressure; SiMES=Singapore Malay Eye Study; SP2=Singapore Prospective Study Program; TUDR=Taiwan and US Diabetic Retinopathy Study; TWT2DS=Taiwan Type II Diabetes Study