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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 May 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Hypertens. 2020 Dec;38(12):2435–2442. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002571

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of 655 Bogalusa metabolome study participants

Whites (491) Blacks (164) P-value for race difference
Variable All (655) White males (192) White females (299) Black males (65) Black females (99) Men Women
Sociodemographic and lifestyle
 Age (years) mean (SD) 47.6 (5.4) 48.7 (5.1) 47.9 (5.1) 45.3 (6.2) 46.3 (5.5) <0.01 <0.01
 Posthigh school education [n (%)] 373 (57.0) 104 (54.2) 201 (67.2) 19 (29.3) 49 (49.49) <0.01 <0.01
 Cigarette smoking [n (%)] <0.01 0.47
  Never 340 (51.9) 96 (50.0) 162 (54.2) 25 (38.5) 57 (57.6)
  Former 197 (30.1) 63 (32.8) 94 (31.4) 15 (23.0) 25 (25.2)
  Current 118 (18.0) 33 (17.2) 43 (14.4) 25 (38.5) 17 (17.2)
 Alcohol drinking [n (%)] <0.01 <0.01
  Never 72 (11.0) 8 (4.2) 29 (9.7) 13 (20.0) 22 (22.2)
  Former 200 (30.5) 64 (33.3) 87 (29.1) 20 (30.8) 29 (29.3)
  Current 383 (58.5) 120 (62.5) 183 (61.2) 32 (49.2) 48 (48.5)
Nutritional
 1-methylhistidine [mean (SD)] 3.1 (1.0) 3.4 (0.9) b 2.9 (1.0) 3.5 (1.1) b 2.7 (0.9) 0.42 0.14
 Total energy intake (kcal/day), mean (SD) 2379.7 (1029.9) 2720.7 (1045.8) b 2085.2 (872.3) 2858.4 (1124.7) b 2293.6 (1074.6) 0.37 0.08
 Total animal protein intake (g/day), mean (SD) 69.2 (39.0) 84.5 (41.9) b 60.5 (33.8) 76.9 (40.9) b 60.9 (37.2) 0.21 0.93
 Red meat intake, servings/week, median (Q1, Q3) 2.5 (1.0, 4.0) 3.3 (2.3, 5.3) b 1.8 (0.9, 4.0) 2.5 (0.9, 6.0) a 2.0 (0.6, 3.8) 0.08 0.30
 Processed meat intake, servings/week, median (Q1, Q3) 6.4 (3.9, 11.9) 8.5 (4.8, 15.6) b 5.8 (3.5, 10.0) 8.4 (4.6, 17.1) b 5.0 (2.8, 9.8) 0.99 0.23
 Poultry intake, servings/week, median (Q1, Q3) 3.4 (1.6, 6.6) 4.4 (2.5, 7.1) b 2.4 (1.3, 5.5) 6.0 (2.9, 8.6) a 4.1 (1.8, 6.6) 0.04 <0.01
 Fish intake, servings/week, median (Q1, Q3) 3.1 (1.8, 5.3) 3.4 (2.0, 5.7) b 2.8 (1.5, 4.5) 3.3 (1.8, 6.0) 4.0 (2.3, 6.3) 0.84 <0.01
 Dairy intake, servings/week, median (Q1, Q3) 5.3 (2.5, 10.3) 7.5 (3.8, 13.9) 6.1 (2.9, 10.6) 3.2 (1.5, 6.1) 2.9 (1.5, 6.0) <0.01 <0.01
 Egg intake, servings/week, median (Q1, Q3) 2.0 (1.3, 4.0) 3.0 (1.3, 6.0) b 2.0 (1.1, 4.0) 2.5 (1.3, 6.0) 1.9 (0.6, 4.0) 0.55 0.46
 Dietary vitamin E, mg/day, mean (SD) 12.5 (6.1) 13.7 (6.5) 11.5 (5.7) 13.8 (6.4) 12.4 (5.5) 0.93 0.15
 Dietary sodium, mg/day, mean (SD) 4403.1 (1958.8) 4880.9 (2032.4) b 3968.9 (1673.7) 5216.8 (2336.4) b 4253.7 (1997.2) 0.27 0.20
 Dietary potassium (mg/day), mean (SD) 3106.2 (1369.5) 3515.3 (1452.8) b 2815.6 (1170.1) 3474.5 (1463.8) b 2948.9 (1462.7) 0.85 0.41
Hemodynamic
 Hypertension [n (%)] 263 (40.2) 96 (50.0) b 83 (27.8) 39 (60.0) 45 (45.5) 0.16 <0.01
 SBP (mmHg), mean (SD) 120.9 (15.2) 124.7 (12.2) b 116.2 (14.1) 128.4 (15.9) a 122.7 (18.7) 0.09 <0.01
 DBP (mmHg), mean (SD) 76.8 (10.5) 78.9 (9.1) b 74.3 (10.0) 80.0 (11.9) 78.5 (11.6) 0.48 <0.01
Metabolic
 BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) 29.7 (6.6) 29.7 (5.3)a 28.6 (6.3) 30.1 (8.6)a 32.7 (7.7) 0.73 <0.01
 LDL cholesterol (mg/dl), mean (SD) 115.0 (34.4) 116.5 (33.4) 117.2 (32.7) 113.7 (30.4) 112.8 (42.8) 0.54 0.35
 HDL cholesterol (mg/dl), mean (SD) 53.6 (17.0) 43.1 (11.9) b 59.7 (17.0) 52.4 (16.3) 56.5 (15.8) <0.01 0.11
 Hemoglobin A1c (%), mean (SD) 5.7 (0.8) 5.7 (0.8) 5.6 (0.8) 5.8 (1.0) 5.7 (0.6) 0.28 0.10
 Serum triglycerides (mg/dl), median (Q1, Q3) 101.0 (73.0, 144.0) 117.0 (84.5, 162.5) 98.0 (73.0, 144.0) 88.0 (66.0, 117.0) 82.0 (63.0, 115.0) <0.01 <0.01
Renal
 eGFR (ml/min per 1.73 m2), mean (SD) 94.1 (14.9) 90.3 (13.6) a 93.0 (12.9) 94.5 (17.8) b 104.2 (16.9) 0.09 <0.01
 Urine protein [n (%)] <0.01 0.03
  Negative 524 (80.0) 163 (84.9) 253 (84.6) 0 (0.0) b 0 (0.0)
  Trace 69 (10.5) 19 (9.9) 25 (8.4) 37 (56.9) 71 (71.7)
  > 30–100 mg/dl 49 (7.5) 7 (3.7) 17 (5.7) 7 (10.8) 18 (18.2)
  > 100–300 mg/dl 11 (1.7) 2 (1.0) 3 (1.0) 18 (27.7) 7 (7.1)
  >300 mg/dl 2 (0.3) 1 (0.5) 1 (0.3) 3 (4.6) 3 (3.0)

eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; n, number of individuals; Q1, quartile 1; Q3, quartile 3; SD, standard deviation.

a

Sex difference P value 0.05 or less.

b

Sex difference P value 0.01 or less.