. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 1.

Published in final edited form as: Circ Genom Precis Med. 2020 Jun 30;13(4):e002804. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.119.002804

Table 1.

Characteristics of the GERA subjects with EF measurements by sex and ethnic group


		Participants N (%)	1^st EF meas. (%) Mean ± SD	Age at 1^st EF (years) Mean ± SD
All		22,155 (100.0)	60.96 ± 10.97	72.61 ± 11.21

Sex	Female	11,333 (51.2)	63.67 ± 10.14	71.91 ± 11.83

	Male	10,822 (48.8)	58.11 ± 11.09	73.34 ± 10.48

Ethnicity	NHW	18,670 (84.3)	60.92 ± 10.88	73.26 ± 10.88

	H/L	1,514 (6.8)	60.73 ± 11.61	69.03 ± 12.50

	EAS	1,207 (5.5)	62.24 ± 10.93	69.16 ± 12.37

	AA	764 (3.4)	60.27 ± 11.75	69.33 ± 11.75

Abbreviations: N, number; SD, standard deviation; meas, measurement; NHW: non-Hispanic whites; H/L: Hispanic/Latinos; EAS: East Asians; AA: African-Americans.