Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Population, Stratified by Race and Sex

	Black men	Black women	White men	White women
Totals	248	242	311	227
	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)	N (%)
Risk Factors
Age (mean ± SD)	42.7 ± 5.8	40.1 ± 7.4	42.5 ± 5.9	38.3 ± 7.7
Current Smoking	125 (50.4%)	122 (50.6%)	117 (37.6%)	112 (49.3%)
Obesity	123 (49.6%)	112 (46.3%)	110 (35.4%)	65 (28.6%)
Diabetes	60 (24.2%)	46 (19.0%)	43 (13.8%)	21 (9.3%)
Hx Angina/MI	30 (12.2%)	34 (14.1%)	41 (13.3%)	25 (11.2%)
Hx Atrial Fibrillation	10 (4.0%)	4 (1.7%)	8 (2.6%)	2 (0.9%)
Hx HTN	151 (60.9%)	104 (43.0%)	109 (35.1%)	60 (26.4%)
Hypertension Indicators
Echo performed	199 (80.0%)	184 (76.0%)	236 (76.8%)	168 (74.0%)
Echo-LVH	107 (53.8%)	60 (32.6%)	83 (35.2%)	18 (10.7%)
ECG performed	233 (94.0%)	201 (83.1%)	289 (93.0%)	184 (81.1%)
ECG-LVH	75 (32.2%)	31 (15.4%)	42 (14.5%)	11 (6.0%)
TOAST Subtypes
Cardioembolic	57 (23.0%)	43 (17.8%)	65 (20.9%)	47 (20.7%)
Large Artery	19 (7.7%)	8 (3.3%)	27 (8.7%)	15 (6.6%)
Small Vessel	47 (19.0%)	39 (16.1%)	46 (14.8%)	17 (7.5%)
Other Determined	10 (4.0%)	23 (9.5%)	12 (3.9%)	39 (17.2%)
Undetermined	115 (46.4%)	129 (53.3%)	161 (51.8%)	109 (48.0%)