Skip to main content

Table 1 Sociodemographic, vascular risk factors, and left ventricular mass measurements

From: Novel quantitative trait locus is mapped to chromosome 12p11 for left ventricular mass in Dominican families: the Family Study of Stroke Risk and Carotid Atherosclerosis

 

Males

Females

Total

 

(N = 525)

(N = 835)

(N = 1360)

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

Hypertension

200

38.10

340

40.72

540

39.71

Diabetes

77

14.67

109

13.05

186

13.68

Coronary artery disease*

80

15.24

164

19.64

244

17.94

Ever smoking

217

41.33

256

30.66

473

34.78

≥ High School Education

266

50.67

399

47.78

665

48.9

Enrolled in the DR

164

31.24

262

31.38

426

31.32

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Age

44.59 ± 17.21

47.10 ± 17.24

46.13 ± 17.26

Body mass index (kg/m2)

28.44 ± 5.34

28.98 ± 6.06

28.77 ± 5.80

Waist circumference (inch)

37.99 ± 5.18

35.57 ± 5.60

36.50 ± 5.57

Triceps skinfold thickness (mm)

21.12 ± 10.89

30.68 ± 10.62

27.00 ± 11.69

Fast glucose (mg/dl)

94.92 ± 44.12

89.38 ± 31.62

91.52 ± 37.04

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

183.31 ± 44.25

186.97 ± 40.58

185.56 ± 42.05

LDL (mg/dl)

110.76 ± 35.64

110.52 ± 34.96

110.61 ± 35.21

HDL (mg/dl)

44.80 ± 11.77

53.34 ± 13.55

50.05 ± 13.55

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

141.95 ± 116.77

115.46 ± 67.09

125.66 ± 90.43

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

124.18 ± 18.05

120.35 ± 20.69

121.82 ± 19.80

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

79.05 ± 10.84

75.78 ± 10.38

77.04 ± 10.68

Left ventricular mass

201.42 ± 60.88

158.15 ± 45.65

174.85 ± 56.14

  1. *Coronary artery disease was defined as having a history of bypass surgery, angioplasty, or myocardial infarction.