Table 5.

Characteristics of European ancestry and African American ancestry CAP participants used in eQTL analyses

	African Americans	European Americans
N	153	259
Gender	53.6% Female	47.9% Female
Age (years)	53.7 ± 12.8	54.2 ± 12.0
BMI	30.1 ± 6.0	27.9 ± 5.7
Smoker	28.8%	10.8%
aTotal Cholesterol (mg/dl)	204 ± 36	214 ± 37
aLDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	129 ± 35	135 ± 33
aHDL Cholesterol (mg/dl)	55 ± 17	54 ± 17
aTriglycerides (mg/dl)	103 ± 49	125 ± 67
% change TC	-26 ± 10%	−28 ± 9%
% change LDLC	−40 ± 13%	−43 ± 11%
% change HDLC	2 ± 11%	5 ± 11%
% change TG	−14 ± 26%	−17 ± 24%

Values are mean ± SD. ^aValues are prior to the start of statin treatment