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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of PAGE participants, by site, sex, and smoking status

From: Effects of smoking on the genetic risk of obesity: the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study

Current smokers, females

 

European Americans

African Americans

 

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

ARIC

1507

53.6 (5.6)

44-66

25.3 (5.0)

55.2

651

52.7 (5.5)

44-65

28.8 (6.1)

52.4

CARDIA

250

25.3 (3.4)

18-30

23.7 (4.0)

37.8

285

25.5 (3.5)

18-30

26.6 (6.1)

45.85

CHS

299

70.4 (4.1 )

65 - 86

25.4 (4.6 )

44.7

68

70.9 (5.3 )

65 - 86

27.2 (5.4)

50.57

EAGLE

688

43.5 (17.0)

18-85

26.8 (6.2)

53.8

500

41.4 (14.7)

18-90

29.5 (7.1)

61.68

MEC

78

56.1 (7.6)

45-71

25.8 (6.4)

52.6

169

58.4 (8.0)

45-75

28.3 (5.8)

48.1

WHI

1010

64.2 (6.6)

50-79

27.4 (6.3)

68.8

423

59.3 (6.5)

50-77

30.9 (7.0)

63.8

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

 

Total

3832

  

26.0 (5.54)

 

2096

  

29.0 (6.5)

 

Former/never smokers, females

 

European Americans

African Americans

 

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

ARIC

4537

54.1 (5.7)

44-65

27.1 (5.6)

54.7

1977

53.5 (5.8)

44-66

31.5 (6.5)

65.9

CARDIA

716

25.7 (3.3)

18-30

23.3 (4.0)

37.8

676

24.2 (3.9)

18-30

26.6 (6.2)

45.85

CHS

2214

72.6 (5.5)

65 - 100

26.7 (4.9)

48.3

446

73.3 (5.7)

65 - 93

30.1 (5.8 )

58.79

EAGLE

3330

54.3 (18.6)

19-90

27.2 (6.2)

64.5

1656

51.0 (14.7)

23-90

30.1 (6.8)

51.7

MEC

579

58.9 (8.3)

45-76

26.1 (5.6)

56.8

718

60.5 (8.9)

45-77

29.2 (5.9)

56.2

WHI

11865

67.3 (6.8)

50-79

29.1 (6.6)

69.5

3538

61.7 (7.1)

50-79

33.4 (7.7)

68.1

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

 

Total

23241

  

28.1 (6.1)

 

9011

  

31.6 (7.0)

 

Current smokers, males

 

European Americans

African Americans

 

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

ARIC

1337

54.1 (5.6)

44-65

26.5 (4.0)

56.2

622

53.7 (5.9)

44-66

26.3 (4.8)

45.6

CARDIA

242

25.4 (3.4)

18-30

24.2 (3.4)

34.5

208

25.1 (3.5)

18-30

24.0 (3.8)

36.7

CHS

184

71.3 (4.9)

65 - 90

25.3 (3.3 )

40.7

60

70.0 (4.7 )

65 - 89

25.9 (4.0 )

37.65

EAGLE

859

47.1 (17.7)

18-90

26.8 (5.0)

59.6

544

44.0 (14.9)

18-90

26.2 (5.1)

50.41

MEC

68

59.5 (7.8)

45-76

26.5 (3.8)

37

253

61.2 (7.5)

45-76

26.1 (4.0)

45.7

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

 

Total

2690

  

26.3 (4.3)

 

1687

  

25.9 (4.7)

 

Former/never smokers, males

 

European Americans

African Americans

 

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

total N

Mean age (SD)

Age range

Mean BMI (SD)

Max BMI

ARIC

4089

55.0 (5.7)

44-66

27.7 (4.0)

53.9

1008

54.0 (6.0)

44-66

28.4 (4.8)

54.4

CARDIA

671

25.6 (3.3)

18-30

24.3 (3.2)

34.5

487

24.0 (3.7)

18-30

25.0 (4.0)

36.7

CHS

1778

73.6 (5.7)

65 - 95

26.6 (3.7)

46.2

245

73.3 (5.8 )

65 - 93

27.2 (4.0 )

38.16

EAGLE

2812

62.5 (16.9)

18-90

27.66 (4.2)

48.4

1310

53.9 (17.1)

19-87

28.6 (5.9)

46.4

MEC

603

61.9 (8.1)

45-77

26.4 (3.8)

49.6

906

63.8 (7.2)

45-77

27.9 (4.2)

51.2

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

    

mean BMIpop (SD)

 

Total

9953

  

27.0 (3.9)

 

3956

  

27.5 (4.5)

 
  1. ARIC Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study, CARDIA Coronary Artery Risk in Young Adults, CHS Cardiovascular Health Study, EAGLE Epidemiologic Architecture for Genes Linked to Environment, MEC Multiethnic Cohort, WHI Women's Health Initiative, SD standard deviation, BMI: body mass index; Note: minimum BMI was 18.5 for all sites and ancestry groups.
  2. BMIpop: weighted average of mean BMI reported by each PAGE site.