Table 2.

Baseline characteristics of participants by cardiometabolic syndrome status

	By CMS status
	Non-CMS		CMS
	n	mean, %	n	mean, %	P value
Age, mean (SD), yr	55485	62.8 (7.2)	7632	63.7 (6.9)	< 0.001
Age group, No., %					< 0.001
50-59	19522	90.0	2171	10.0
60-69	24771	86.8	3764	13.2
70-79	11192	86.8	1697	13.2
Race/ethnicity, No., %					< 0.001
White	50415	90.6	5257	9.4
Africa American	1996	55.8	1581	44.2
Others	3074	79.5	794	20.5
Marital status1, No., %					< 0.001
Never or separated	10472	85.7	1752	14.3
Widowed	7946	84.2	1489	15.8
Presently married	36852	89.4	4358	10.6
Education level2, No., %					< 0.001
≤ High School	9207	82.3	1984	17.7
> HS and Associate	19253	86.4	3018	13.6
≥ College	26641	91.2	2556	8.8
Annual family income (US$), No., %					< 0.001
< 35000	16660	82.6	3512	17.4
35000-49999	10710	87.7	1500	12.3
50000-74999	11734	90.3	1257	9.7
≥ 75000	13056	93.5	901	6.5
Medicare, No., %					< 0.001
No	35329	88.8	4476	11.2
Yes	19741	86.5	3080	13.5
Pre-paid private insurance, No., %					0.084
No	32178	87.7	4494	12.3
Yes	22892	88.2	3062	11.8
Hormone usage status, No., %					< 0.001
Never used	20136	84.8	3596	15.2
Past user	7802	86.6	1203	13.4
Current user	27502	90.7	2829	9.3
Smoking status, No., %					0.027
Never	27885	88.0	3802	12.0
Past	24092	88.0	3270	12.0
Current	2861	86.5	448	13.5
Medical history, No., %
Diabetes	2740	37.8	4515	62.2	< 0.001
Hypertension	18928	75.5	6142	24.5	< 0.001
Myocardial infarction	1695	76.6	518	23.4	< 0.001
Angina	629	46.1	736	53.9	< 0.001
Stroke	1758	79.1	465	20.9	< 0.001
Peripheral artery disease	721	71.2	292	28.8	< 0.001

¹Never/separated includes divorced; presently married includes marriage-like relationship.

²Associate: included vocational or training school, some college or associate degree. CMS: Cardiometabolic syndrome; SD: Standard deviation.