Adhesion pathway proteins and risk of atrial fibrillation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Table 1 Exam 2 characteristics by race/ethnicity

Characteristics	Pooled sample n = 2504	African-American n = 607	Chinese-American n = 631	Hispanic-American n = 624	Non-Hispanic White-American n = 642
Age, years ± SD	63 ± 10	63 ± 10	63 ± 10	63 ± 10	63 ± 10
Male, %	47	46	49	46	48
Body mass index, kg/m² ± SD	28 ± 6	30 ± 6	24 ± 3	30 ± 5	28 ± 5
Height, cm ± SD	165 ± 10	168 ± 10	162 ± 8	162 ± 9	169 ± 10
Systolic blood pressure, mmHg ± SD	124 ± 21	130 ± 22	121 ± 20	125 ± 21	122 ± 19
Antihypertensive medication use	39	52	33	36	37
Diabetes, % yes	16	20	14	20	9
Smoking status, % yes
Never	51	42	73	50	38
Former	38	42	22	39	48
Current	12	17	5	11	14
Current use of alcohol, % yes	48	46	31	44	69
Total Cholesterol, mg/dL ± SD	193 ± 35	190 ± 37	190 ± 32	195 ± 35	194 ± 37
HDL cholesterol, mg/dL ± SD	51 ± 15	54 ± 16	50 ± 13	48 ± 13	54 ± 17
Heart Failure, %	3.7	3.6	2.9	4.5	3.7

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