Table 2.

Covariate Distributions for Primary Predictor Groups.

	hsCRP - TG/HDL-C
	Low - Low			High - Low		Low - High			High - High			Total
	Obs		%	Obs	%	Obs		%	Obs		%	Obs	%
Age -Mean	6112		64.19	4856	64.17	4417		64.15	5569		63.72	20,954	64.10
Race
Blacks	2513	41.1		2879	59.3	1130	25.6		2135	38.3		8657	41.3
Whites	3599	58.9		1977	40.7	3287	74.4		3434	61.7		12,297	58.7
Sex
Female	3630	59.4		3551	73.1	1662	37.6		3230	58.0		12,073	57.6
Male	2482	40.6		1305	26.9	2755	62.4		2339	42.0		8881	42.4
Income
< $20k	824	13.5		981	20.2	561	12.7		1066	19.1		3432	16.4
$20k - $34k	1308	21.4		1227	25.3	983	22.3		1447	26.0		4965	23.7
$35k - $74k	1901	31.1		1383	28.5	1471	33.3		1669	30.0		6424	30.6
> = $75	1279	21.0		679	14.0	916	20.7		742	13.3		3616	17.3
Refused	807	13.1		586	12.1	486	11.0		645	11.6		2517	12.0
Education
Less than HS	527	8.6		667	14.0	395	8.9		730	13.1		2319	11.1
HS Graduate	1366	22.4		1278	26.5	1092	24.7		1547	27.8		5283	25.2
Some College	1581	25.9		1351	28.0	1157	26.2		1590	28.6		5679	27.1
College Graduate	2638	43.1		1560	31.5	1773	40.2		1702	30.5		7673	36.6
Body Mass Index
Normal	2609	42.6		1002	20.6	945	21.4		753	13.5		5309	25.3
Overweight	2316	38.0		1609	33.1	2052	46.4		1771	31.8		7748	37.0
Obese	1187	19.4		2245	46.3	1420	32.2		3045	54.7		7897	37.7
Smoking Status
Current Smoker	673	11.0		696	14.3	537	12.2		1086	19.5		2992	14.3
Non-Smoker	5439	89.0		4160	85.7	3880	87.8		4483	80.5		17,962	85.8
Hypertension
Yes	2787	45.6		2891	59.5	2329	52.7		3601	64.7		11,608	55.4
No	3325	54.4		1965	40.5	2088	47.3		1968	35.3		9346	44.6
Diabetes
Yes	715	11.7		847	17.4	829	18.8		1458	26.2		3849	18.4
No	5397	88.3		4009	82.6	3588	81.2		4111	73.8		17,105	81.6
Aspirin Use
Yes	2254	36.9		1645	33.9	1876	42.5		2142	38.5		7917	37.8
No	3858	63.1		3211	66.1	2541	57.5		3427	61.5		13,037	62.2
Lipid Lowering Medication
Yes	1547	25.3		1159	23.9	1496	33.9		1618	29.1		5820	27.8
No Missing	4512 53	73.8 0.9		3643 54	75.0 1.1	2873 48	65.0 1.1		3887 64	69.8 1.2		14,915 219	71.2 1.1