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Published in final edited form as: Nat Genet. 2018 Oct 1;50(11):1514–1523. doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0222-9

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics for 297,626 veterans in the Million Veteran Program lipids analysis

	White	Black	Hispanic
Veterans, N (%)	215,551 (72.4%)	57,332 (19.3%)	24,743 (8.3%)
Age at Enrollment ± SD, years	64.2 ± 13	57.7 ± 11.8	56.3 ± 15.0
Male, n (%)	200,900 (93.2%)	50,059 (87.3%)	22,601 (91.3%)
Body Mass Index ± SD, kg/m²	30.1 ± 5.9	30.4 ± 6.3	30.7 ± 5.8
Statin Therapy Prescription at Enrollment, n (%)	100,024 (46.4%)	23,302 (40.6%)	9,646 (39.0%)
Statin Therapy Prescription at time of Max LDL-C Blood Draw, n (%)	18,818 (8.7%)	5,024 (8.8%)	2,262 (9.1%)
Statin Therapy Prescription at time of Max TC Blood Draw, n (%)	18,433 (8.6%)	5,027 (8.8%)	2,162 (8.7%)
Mean Min HDL-C ± SD, mg/dL	36.2 ± 11.4	38.9 ± 12.8	36.4 ± 11.0
Mean Max LDL-C ± SD, mg/dL	139 ± 38.4	142.2 ± 40.7	141.3 ± 38.1
Median Max TG ± IQR, mg/dL	211 ± 174	179 ± 149	221 ± 184
Mean Max TC ± SD, mg/dL	218.6 ± 46.7	220.8 ± 47.2	221.9 ± 48.0
Variants Included in Analysis	19,342,852	31,448,849	30,455,745

Abbreviations: Min, Minimum; Max, Maximum; SD, Standard Deviation; HDL-C, High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; LDL-C, Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol; TG, Triglycerides; TC, Total Cholesterol