Table 1.
Characteristics of the study participants according to cohort.
| BHS (N=4,370) |
CDAH (N=3,220) |
MN (N=1,249) |
MUSC (N=7,032) |
NGHS (N=515) |
PLRS (N=1,033) |
YFS (N=3,593) |
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| Sex (% female) | 54.6 | 54.4 | 49.6 | 51.1 | 100 | 55.9 | 51.0 | ||||||||
| Blacks (%) | 43.9 | 0.7 | 16.7 | 0.6 | 45.8 | 23.2 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Age at baseline, y | 8.7 | (3.2) | 11.1 | (2.6) | 9.8 | (3.4) | 9.9 | (3.6) | 9.4 | (0.5) | 12.2 | (3.4) | 10.4 | (5.0) | |
| Total cholesterol, mmol/L | 4.30 | (0.75) | 4.52 | (0.76) | 3.93 | (0.70) | 4.09 | (0.72) | 4.36 | (0.79) | 4.46 | (0.82) | 5.29 | (0.92) | |
| LDL-C, mmol/L | 2.46 | (0.67) | 2.74 | (0.70) | 2.29 | (0.62) | 2.36 | (0.62) | 2.63 | (0.74) | 2.73 | (0.74) | 3.43 | (0.84) | |
| Triglycerides, mmol/L | 0.77 | (0.38) | 0.74 | (0.40) | 1.07 | (0.63) | 0.87 | (0.44) | 0.90 | (0.37) | 0.90 | (0.46) | 0.66 | (0.32) | |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 17.7 | (3.6) | 18.2 | (2.8) | 19.0 | (4.7) | 18.4 | (3.7) | 18.3 | (3.7) | 19.7 | (4.3) | 17.8 | (3.1) | |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 99 | (10) | 109 | (13) | 106 | (11) | 108 | (15) | 101 | (8) | 104 | (13) | 112 | (12) | |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 45 | (13) | 66 | (11) | 58 | (13) | 64 | (12) | 59 | (10) | 63 | (11) | 68 | (10) | |
| Fasting glucose, mmol/mol | 4.67 | (0.71) | N/A | 4.93 | (0.48) | N/A | 4.81 | (1.08) | 4.77 | (0.55) | 4.73 | (0.89) | |||
| Daily smoking (%) | 41.3 | 33.9 | 39.0 | 33.6 | 41.3 | 30.0 | 41.5 | ||||||||
| Parental education (%) | < high school | 11.8 | 27.6 | 8.3 | 11.2 | 7.6 | 20.4 | 52.23 | |||||||
| = high school degree | 38.8 | 11.2 | 35.4 | 44.6 | 25.8 | 34.0 | 12.41 | ||||||||
| > high school but no college degree | 19.2 | 31.2 | 21.7 | 17.5 | 47.4 | 19.2 | 23.65 | ||||||||
| ≥ college degree | 30.3 | 30.0 | 34.6 | 26.8 | 19.2 | 26.5 | 11.7 | ||||||||
| No. of cancer deaths | 100 | 19 | 7 | 175 | 4 | 30 | 19 | ||||||||
| Follow-up time, y, mean (range) | 34.4 | (1–47) | 31.5 | (1–35) | 31.1 | (0.3–42) | 42.5 | (1–50) | 29.2 | (13–33) | 40.6 | (3–46) | 37.0 | (1–38) | |
Values are mean (SD) unless otherwise stated. BHS: Bogalusa Heart Study; CDAH: Childhood Determinants of Adult Health Study; MN: Minnesota Childhood Cardiovascular Cohorts; MUSC: Muscatine Study; NGHS: NHLBI Growth and Health Study; PLRS: Princeton Lipid Research Study; YFS: Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BMI, body mass index