Table 1.

Descriptive factors for the GERA study population used in the genome-wide association study of serum lipid traits.

	Non-Hispanic white		Latino		East Asian		African American		South Asian
Group	Value	%/SD/IQR	Value	%/SD/IQR	Value	%/SD/IQR	Value	%/SD/IQR	Value	%/SD/IQR
N (%)	76627	80.9%	7795	8.2%	6855	7.2%	2958	3.1%	439	0.5%
N Female (%)	44856	58.5%	4708	60.4%	4013	58.5%	1761	59.5%	177	40.3%
Avg # meas	5.0	3.7	4.9	3.8	5.3	4.1	5.2	3.9	5.1	3.8
Age (at first meas)
Female mean (SE)	55.4	12.1	49.2	12.6	49.4	12.5	51.5	12.1	45.2	11.1
Male mean (SE)	57.8	11.3	53.5	12.3	53.4	12.2	55.1	10.9	48.8	12.2
Follow-up (years)
Female mean (SE)	7.3	4.8	6.9	4.7	7.3	4.8	6.9	4.7	6.9	4.5
Male mean (SE)	6.6	5.0	6.3	4.8	6.4	4.9	6.4	5.0	6.0	4.7
BMI (at first meas)
Female median [IQR]	26.5	24.5-30.5	27.5	24.5-32.3	24.5	21.8-27.5	30.5	26.5-34.5	25.5	23.0-27.5
Male median [IQR]	27.5	25.5-30.5	28.5	26.5-31.5	25.5	24.5-28.3	29.0	26.5-32.5	26.5	24.5-27.9
HDL (at first meas, mg/dL)
Female median [IQR]	59	49-70	54	46-65	59	49-69	57	48-68	53	45-62
Male median [IQR]	44	37-53	43	36-51	46	39-55	47	40-56	41	34-48
LDL (at first meas, mg/dL)
Female median [IQR]	126	104-151	121	100-146	118	97-143	125	101-153	114	93-136
Male median [IQR]	133	111-157	134	110-158	132	111-156	135	112-163	128	105-152
TG (at first meas, mg/dL)
Female median [IQR]	111	78-163	116	80-168	107	76-159	91	66-128	108	73-147
Male median [IQR]	126	88-186	143	99-208	137	96-207	106	76-150	144	101-209
TC (at first meas, mg/dL)
Female median [IQR]	213	187-240	205	179-234	205	179-232	206	179-236	196	167-220
Male median [IQR]	209	184-235	211	185-237	213	189-238	210	182-237	203	176-228

Meas, measurement(s); SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range.