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. 2018 Dec 7;48(3):1004–1013. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy264

Table 2.

Cardiovascular disease risk factor TWAs in early (ages 20–39 years) and midlife (ages 40–59 years), by sex and race

Ages 20-39
Ages 40-59
Black women Black men White women White men Black women Black men White women White men
n = 2887 n = 2173 n = 5336 n = 4605 n = 2887 n = 2173 n = 5336 n = 4605
BMI, kg/m2 25.9 24.6 21.9 23.2 30.5 27.8 25.1 26.1
(23.3, 29.3) (22.9, 26.9) (20.5, 23.9) (22.0, 25.0) (26.3, 35.5) (24.7, 31.3) (22.5, 28.5) (24.0, 28.8)
Fasting glucose, mg/dl 81.4 85.3 83.8 87.7 90.7 93.7 90.7 95.6
(77.8, 85.0) (81.4, 88.7) (78.3, 85.7) (81.8, 89.9) (86.0, 97.9) (88.6, 101) (85.9, 94.7) (90.2, 100)
Total cholesterol, mg/dl 182 180 190 188 191 185 205 201
(168, 196) (167, 194) (177, 200) (176, 199) (171, 207) (166, 203) (190, 218) (186, 214)
LDL cholesterol, mg/dl 112 112 114 121 114 114 118 127
(100, 125) (99.2, 126) (104, 123) (111, 130) (95.5, 129) (95.7, 131) (104, 132) (113, 140)
Systolic BP, mmHg 112 118 111 120 123 124 118 124
(107, 117) (113, 123) (105, 116) (114, 126) (114, 132) (116, 133) (109, 126) (116, 132)
Diastolic BP, mmHg 69.4 72.8 67.7 72.8 75.5 78.1 70.0 75.6
(66.5, 72.2) (69.7, 75.5) (64.8, 69.8) (70.0, 75.0) (70.7, 80.6) (73.1, 82.8) (65.7, 74.1) (71.6, 79.6)

Data are presented as medians and interquartile ranges.