Table 2.
Baseline characteristics by major adverse cardiac events (MACE); ARIC (n = 12770).
| MACEa (n = 1790) | No MACE (n = 10980) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | p valueb | |
| Age (yr) | 56.1 (5.5) | 53.8 (5.7) | <0.0001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 28.6 (5.3) | 27.5 (5.3) | <0.0001 |
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Black race | 555 (31.0) | 2583 (23.5) | <0.0001 |
| Male | 1059 (59.2) | 4645 (42.3) | <0.0001 |
| Family CVD history | |||
| Paternal | 553 (35.1) | 3169 (32.0) | 0.0150 |
| Maternal | 355 (21.2) | 1736 (16.7) | <0.0001 |
| Marital status | 1362 (77.3) | 8757 (80.9) | 0.0005 |
| High school education | 1186 (66.3) | 8705 (79.4) | <0.0001 |
| Current smoking status | 640 (35.8) | 2651 (24.2) | <0.0001 |
| Current alcohol use | 895 (50.3) | 6362 (58.1) | <0.0001 |
| Hypertension | 958 (53.8) | 3368 (30.8) | <0.0001 |
| High cholesterol | 596 (33.9) | 2691 (24.8) | <0.0001 |
| Diabetes | 458 (25.8) | 978 (9.0) | <0.0001 |
| Aspirin | 854 (48.2) | 5072 (46.6) | 0.2140 |
aMACE was defined as the first occurrence of myocardial infarction, stroke, or CHD-related death; bcomparisons performed with t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables.