Table 1.
ECHO-SOL demographic and clinical characteristics (n=1818)*
| Demographic characteristics | (N (%)) |
| Women | 1187 (57.4) |
| Age (mean (SE)) | 56.4 (0.37) |
| High school graduate or higher | 726 (43.3) |
| Annual family income >$20 000 | 787 (45.5) |
| Marital status | |
| Single | 332 (18.8) |
| Married/partner | 961 (53.2) |
| Separated/divorced/widow | 522 (28.0) |
| Health insurance | 1042 (60.1) |
| Short Acculturation Scale for Hispanics | (Mean (SE)) |
| Language use subscale | 1.7 (0.05) |
| Social relations subscale | 2.1 (0.03) |
| Length of US residence (years) | (N (%)) |
| <5 years | 178 (13.6) |
| 5–10 years | 247 (15.2) |
| 11–20 | 385 (22.1) |
| >20 | 842 (49.1) |
| Second generation or higher | 185 (9.3) |
| English language preference | 225 (14.0) |
| Age at migration (mean (SE)) | 34.0 (1.0) |
| US born | 163 (7.9) |
| Clinical characteristics | (N (%)) |
| Hypertension | 861 (50.0) |
| Type 2 diabetes | 523 (28.4) |
| Current smoker | 304 (17.6) |
| Physical activity level low | 1227 (67.3) |
| BMI ≥30 | 822 (44.3) |
| Current alcohol use | 770 (43.5) |
| Echocardiographic variables | (Mean (SE)) |
| Left atrial volume index (<33 mL/m2) | 23.0 (0.25) |
| Relative wall thickness (0.22–0.42) | 0.40 (0.004) |
| Left ventricular mass index (45–105 g/m2) | 82.7 (0.7) |
| Ejection fraction (>55 %) | 59.8 (0.2) |
| E prime (e’) (8–16 cm/s) | 8.1 (0.09) |
| E/e’ (<12) | 10.0 (0.12) |
| Diastolic dysfunction (N (%)) | 916 (51.9) |
Percentages are weighted row percentages.
Normal values are provided for cardiac structure and function variables.
*Ns presented are unweighted counts of total participants in the ECHO-SOL with each respective characteristic.
BMI, body mass index.