Table 1.
Selected Characteristics of Participants at the Baseline and Follow-up Examinations, Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis, 2000–2011
| Variable | Examination | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (n = 5,919) | 2 (n = 5,773) | 3 (n = 5,482) | 4 (n = 5,085) | 5 (n = 4,038) | ||||||
| % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | % | Mean (SD) | |
| Age, years | 61.9 (10.1) | 63.5 (10.1) | 64.9 (10.0) | 66.4 (9.9) | 69.9 (9.4) | |||||
| Male sex | 47 | 47.2 | 46.9 | 46.6 | 46 | |||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 39.3 | 39.4 | 40.0 | 40.3 | 40.6 | |||||
| Non-Hispanic Chinese | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | |||||
| Non-Hispanic black | 27.4 | 27.4 | 27.3 | 27.1 | 26.7 | |||||
| Hispanic | 21.4 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 21.0 | |||||
| Annual family income, dollars (per $1,000) | 49.6 (34.1) | 49.4 (34.4) | 50.1 (34.6) | 50.6 (34.6) | 53.9 (35.6) | |||||
| Currently married or living with a partner | 61.8 | 61.8 | 62.2 | 62.5 | 59.4 | |||||
| Education, years | 13.2 (4.0) | 13.2 (4.0) | 13.3 (14.2) | 13.3 (3.9) | 13.5 (3.9) | |||||
| Duration of residence in neighborhood at baseline, years | 19.0 (14.2) | 19.1 (14.2) | 19.2 (14.2) | 19.3 (14.0) | 18.9 (13.5) | |||||
| Diagnosed with cancera | 7.8 | 9.8 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 16.9 | |||||
| Had moved since baseline | 0.0 | 6.7 | 12.4 | 16.5 | 23.7 | |||||
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
a Cancer diagnosis before or at the time of examination.