Table 1.

Baseline characteristics by statin use

	No		Yes
	N	%	N	%	P‐value
Age group at screening
50–59	51,368	34.35	2189	17.88	<.0001
60–69	66,219	44.27	6370	52.03
70–79	31,976	21.38	3684	30.09
Median age at screening	63 year		66 year		<.0001
Race/ethnicity
White	12,3494	82.57	10046	82.06	<.0001
Black	13,499	9.03	1118	9.13
Hispanic	6100	4.08	384	3.14
American Indian	665	0.44	48	0.39
Asian/Pacific Islander	3720	2.49	470	3.84
Unknown	2085	1.39	177	1.45
Education
<HS diploma/GED	7850	5.29	794	6.53	<.0001
HS diploma/GED	25,061	16.88	2563	21.07
>HS diploma/GED	115,517	77.83	8805	72.40
Smoking status
Never	75,545	51.18	5884	48.78	<.0001
Past	61,667	41.77	5442	45.12
Current	10,406	7.05	736	6.10
Alcohol
Non drinker	43,579	29.36	4221	34.70	<.0001
≤1 drink/day	48,774	32.86	4088	33.60
>1 drink/day	56,064	37.77	3856	31.70
Hormone therapy use
Never	65,272	43.68	5612	45.89	<.0001
Past	23,760	15.90	2169	17.74
Current	28,218	40.42	2222	36.37
Body mass index (kg/m2)
<25	53,313	35.96	3021	24.88	<.0001
25–<30	50,858	34.31	4822	39.72
≥30	44,068	29.73	4297	35.40
Median body mass index (kg/m2)	26.8		28.0		<.0001
Physical activity, met/wk
Inactive 0 METs	22,703	15.94	1759	14.73	<.0001
[0,3.75) METs	20,789	14.60	1831	15.33
[3.75, 8.75) METs	29,140	20.46	2626	21.99
[8.75, 17.5) METS	32,101	22.54	2784	23.31
≥17.5 METS	37,660	26.45	2942	24.64
Waist circumference >88 cm
No	91,023	61.08	6153	50.43	<.0001
Yes	58,000	39/92	6049	49.57
≥30% energy from fat
No	52,486	35.16	5370	43.92	<.0001
Yes	96,800	64.84	6856	56.08
Current healthcare provider
No	9800	6.62	195	1.61	<.0001
Yes	138,286	93.38	11950	98.39
History of lupus
No	146,729	99.50	12,133	99.59	0.1587
Yes	743	0.50	50	0.41
History of rheumatoid arthritis
No arthritis	78,683	54.39	5484	45.99	<.0001
Rheumatoid arthritis	7185	4.97	686	5.75
Other arthritis/don't know	58,797	40.64	5754	48.26