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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants by acculturation score

From: Acculturation is associated with left ventricular mass in a multiethnic sample: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Characteristic

Acculturation score = 0 N = 188

Acculturation score = 1 N = 260

Acculturation score = 2 N = 547

Acculturation score = 3 N = 169

Acculturation score = 4 N = 311

Acculturation score = 5 N = 3192

Age, years

60.7 ± 10.3

61.5 ± 10.9

62.1 ± 9.7

61.0 ± 10.4

62.2 ± 10.6

62.4 ± 10.0

Females, %

54.3

50.4

51.9

50.9

53.1

52.7

Educational level, %

      

   < High school

37.8

35.0

48.3

27.8

16.1

6.7

  High school or college

55.9

55.0

44.4

55.0

64.6

69.9

   > College

6.4

10.0

7.3

17.2

19.3

23.4

Annual income, %

      

    < $20,000

55.3

47.3

41.9

22.8

22.7

14.3

   $20,000–$49,000

32.4

36.3

39.1

41.9

34.1

36.3

    > $49,000

12.3

16.4

19.0

35.3

43.2

49.4

Diabetes, %

12.8

12.3

16.5

11.8

10.6

10.8

Hypertension, %

28.7

37.3

42.8

34.9

40.8

44.5

Smoker, %

      

   Never

68.6

70.4

66.9

58.6

48.2

44.8

   Former

22.3

20.4

24.5

26.6

39.6

41.1

   Current

9.0

9.2

8.6

14.8

12.2

14.1

Exercise, hrs/week

16.3 ± 26.1

18.3 ± 24.2

15.8 ± 21.9

26.2 ± 32.6

28.1 ± 37.9

30.2 ± 44.1

Current alcohol use, %

58.6

64.0

61.5

67.2

75.8

70.6

Systolic BP, mm Hg

124 ± 22

124 ± 22

127 ± 21

124 ± 21

125 ± 20

126 ± 21

Diastolic BP, mm Hg

71 ± 10

72 ± 10

72 ± 10

71 ± 11

71 ± 11

72 ± 10

Body mass index, kg/m2

25.3 ± 4.2

25.3 ± 4.3

27.1 ± 4.5

27.9 ± 5.0

28.4 ± 4.9

28.3 ± 5.0

Mean LVMI, g/m2

75.2 ± 14.3

75.8 ± 13.9

77.4 ± 15.5

78.5 ± 21.3

80.1 ± 16.7

78.2 ± 16.5

  1. Data are mean ± SD for continuous variables or percentages for categorical variables
  2. BP indicates blood pressure, LVMI left ventricular mass index