ARIC (n=12,771)

FOS (n=2,760)

MESA (n=5,652)

P-value

Sex

 

 

 

 

   Male (n, %)

5704 (44.7%)

1258 (45.6%)

2753 (48.7%)

<0.0001

Age (mean±SD, in years)

54.1± 5.7

33.7±9.3

62.4±10.3

<0.0001

Ethnicity

 

 

 

<0.0001

   White

9633 (75.4%)

2696 (97.7%)

2224 (39.4)

 

   Black

3138 (24.6%)

7 (0.3%)

1386 (24.5%)

 

   Other

-

57 (2%)

2042 (36.1%)

 

HDL (mg/dl)

51.5±16.9

51.5±14.5

50.8±14.8

0.009

LDL (mg/dl)

137.9±39.2

120.1±32.9

117.2±31.6

<0.0001

SBP (mm Hg)

120.9±18.5

119.0±14.2

134.4±19.0

<0.0001

DBP (mm Hg)

73.6±11.2

77.1±9.9

75.2 ±10.0

<0.0001

BMI (kg/m2)

27.7±5.3

24.9±4.1

28.3±5.5

<0.0001

Current smoker (n, %)

3291 (25.8%)

1065 (38.7%)

708 (12.5%)

<0.0001

Follow-up time (in years)

 

 

 

 

  Mean±SD

15.4±2.9

31.0±4.0

6.1±1.2

<0.0001

  Median

16.1

32.3

6.5

<0.0001

Baseline T2D prevalence (n, %)

1484 (11.6%)

13 (0.5%)

717 (12.7%)

<0.0001

T2D incidence (n, %)

1249 (9.8%)

272 (9.9%)

400 (7.1%)

<0.0001

GRS

13.3±4.2

11.7±2.8

14.2±3.9

<0.0001

Abbreviations: HDL: High Density Lipoprotein; LDL: Low-Density Lipoprotein; SBP: Systolic Blood Pressure; DBP: Diastolic Blood Pressure; BMI: Body Mass Index; T2D: Type 2 Diabetes; GRS: Genotype Risk Score

   Table 1: Demographic information of the study participants.