Table 1.
Descriptive Characteristics of CHD Cases and Controls
| Study Population (Total N = 17286, CHD Case N = 6035, CHD Control N = 11251) | |||||
| African Americans (N = 6515) | |||||
| Male (N = 2976) | Female (N = 3539) | ||||
| CHD cases (N = 1234) | CHD controls (N = 1742) | CHD cases (N = 1142) | CHD controls (N = 2397) | ||
| Ever smoked* | Yes (%) | 936 (75.85) | 1205 (69.17) | 654 (57.27) | 1120 (46.73) |
| No (%) | 289 (23.42) | 524 (30.08) | 470 (41.15) | 1257 (52.44) | |
| BMI | Mean (SD) | 27.60 (4.29) | 27.42 (4.24) | 30.06 (6.10) | 28.71 (5.76) |
| Age at cohort entry | Mean (SD) | 63.90 (7.22) | 60.16 (8.64) | 62.30 (8.05) | 57.29 (8.71) |
| Latinos (N = 6109) | |||||
| Male (N = 3340) | Female (N = 2769) | ||||
| CHD cases (N = 1364) | CHD controls (N = 1976) | CHD cases (N = 927) | CHD controls (N = 1842) | ||
| Ever Smoked* | Yes (%) | 976 (71.56) | 1306 (66.09) | 336 (36.25) | 599 (32.52) |
| No (%) | 357 (26.17) | 638 (32.29) | 554 (59.76) | 1173 (63.68) | |
| BMI | Mean (SD) | 27.72 (4.01) | 27.43 (3.78) | 29.37 (5.96) | 27.81 (5.19) |
| Age at cohort entry | Mean (SD) | 62.67 (6.31) | 59.62 (6.98) | 61.25 (6.49) | 57.71 (7.16) |
| Japanese Americans (N = 4662) | |||||
| Male (N = 2530) | Female (N = 2132) | ||||
| CHD cases (N = 930) | CHD controls (N = 1600) | CHD cases (N = 438) | CHD controls (N = 1694) | ||
| Ever Smoked* | Yes (%) | 664 (71.40) | 1050 (65.63) | 138 (31.51) | 515 (30.40) |
| No (%) | 262 (28.17) | 541 (33.81) | 296 (67.58) | 1170 (69.07) | |
| BMI | Mean (SD) | 25.50 (3.18) | 25.56 (3.53) | 24.40 (4.31) | 24.25 (4.11) |
| Age at cohort entry | Mean (SD) | 64.30 (6.94) | 59.71 (8.76) | 62.26 (7.09) | 57.20 (8.24) |
aNumbers don’t total to 100% due to missing data.