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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Apr 12.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2019 May 30;287:24–29. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.05.030

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Variable NO DISH [N = 2367] DISH [N = 361] p - value
Age [years], mean [SD] 58.7 [8.9] 63.8 [8.8] < 0.001
Gender [F/M], N 1240/1127 94/267 < 0.001
Race (White/Black) 1694/673 290/71 < 0.001
Weight [kg], mean [SD] 81.7 [19.0] 96.5 [19.9] < 0.001
Height [cm], mean [SD] 169.7 [9.5] 173.1 [9.0] < 0.001
BMI [kg/m2], mean [SD] 28.3 [6.0] 32.2 [6.2] < 0.001
Pack years, mean [SD] 42.9 [24.5] 47.7 [25.6] 0.001
Current smoker*, N [%] 1249 [52.8%] 137 [38.0%] < 0.001
Diabetes*, N [%] 239 [10.1%] 86 [23.8%] < 0.001
High blood pressure*, N [%] 946[40.0%] 212 [58.7%] < 0.001
COPD status yes, N [%] 1036 [43.8%] 163 [45.2%] 0.956
High cholesterol*, N [%] 853 [36.0%] 181 [50.1%] < 0.001
CAC present, N [%] 1110 [46.9%] 241 [66.8%] < 0.001
Agatston, median [IQR] 0 [0–94] 81 [0–329] < 0.001
Total CAC volume, median [IQR] 0 [0–90] 75 [0–284] < 0.001

N = number; SD= Standard deviation; BMI=Body Mass Index.

*

Questionnaire derived.