Table 1 of
Sun, Mol Vis 2007;
13:2105-2111.
Table 1. Baseline characteristics of Cardiovascular Health Study participants excluded, included, and carrying different APOE allele
Data show crude means or percentage. Allele carriers status is listed as asterisk. The ε3/ε3 genotype is the reference group. Double asterisk indicates statistical difference in means or proportions, adjusted for age, gender, and race. This does not include mean age, men, whites and African-Americans, which were not adjusted for age, gender, and ethnicity, respectively. Degree sign represents number of alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, or liquor) consumed per week.
Cardiovascular health study participants Whites African-Americans ------------------------------ --------------------------------- --------------------------------- Excluded Included p ε2* ε3/ε3* y4* p ε2* ε3/ε3* ε4* Characteristics n=2097 N=2152 value** n=314 n=1138 n=379 value** n=89 n=147 n=85 p value** ------------------------------- -------- -------- -------- ----- ------ ----- -------- ----- ------ ----- --------- Age, years 80.5 78.4 <0.001 78.9 78.8 77.9 <0.001 77.7 76.8 76.7 0.26 Men, percent 36.1 39.6 0.019 36.0 41.6 40.4 0.20 33.7 33.3 40.0 0.56 High school graduate, percent 40.7 49.4 <0.001 52.7 48.9 51.9 0.77 47.7 42.2 48.2 0.96 Body mass index, kg/m2 26.8 27.0 0.60 26.7 26.8 26.4 0.19 29.7 29.0 27.4 0.006 Hypertension, percent 38.6 49.7 <0.001 45.2 49.1 43.5 0.66 69.7 65.3 54.1 0.04 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg 133.6 131.6 0.06 130.9 131.6 130.5 0.98 132.0 134.0 134.2 0.33 Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg 67.3 66.6 0.005 66.3 66.0 65.7 0.20 68.8 70.5 71.6 0.14 Diabetes, percent 51.3 17.8 <0.001 16.9 17.1 14.8 0.34 27.0 25.9 22.4 0.48 Fasting blood glucose, mg/dl 104.6 101.7 0.01 101.4 100.6 98.4 0.08 113.4 111.4 103.0 0.13 Total plasma cholesterol, mg/dl 202.2 202.5 0.99 194.0 202.5 209.0 <0.001 197.6 200.7 212.6 0.01 HDL cholesterol, mg/dl 53.8 53.7 0.18 53.6 52.8 53.0 0.99 61.1 56.2 57.4 0.08 Triglyceride, mg/dl 144.1 143.3 0.13 155.3 145.3 152.9 0.75 111.0 118.5 106.8 0.72 Current cigarette smokers, 7.2 6.8 0.13 4.5 5.7 8.0 0.13 6.9 14.5 10.8 0.64 percent Alcohol use, consumed per week° 1.3 2.3 0.15 1.9 2.4 3.1 0.09 1.5 1.3 1.1 0.30 |