Table 1 Baseline characteristics of REGARDS participants by race (N = 25,038)

Age^b

63.8 (9.3)

65.3 (9.4)

<0.01

Male Gender (%)

3721 (37.9)

7588 (49.9)

<0.01

≤ High School Education (%)

1864 (19.0)

1086 (7.1)

<0.01

≤ $20,000 Income (%)

2511 (25.6)

1796 (11.8)

<0.01

 Weight (kg)^b

87.7 (20.1)

82.4 (18.9)

<0.01

 Height (in.)^b

66.4 (4.3)

67.0 (4.0)

<0.01

 WC (cm)^b

97.9 (15.2)

94.8 (15.5)

<0.01

 BMI^b

30.7 (6.7)

28.3 (5.6)

<0.01

 Triglycerides (mg/dL)^c

95.0 (72.0–130.0)

122.0 (88.0–174.0)

<0.01

 Total Cholesterol (mg/dL)^b

193.3 (40.9)

192.0 (39.5)

0.01

 LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)^c

115.0 (92.0–140.0)

110.0 (89.0–134.0)

<0.01

 Dyslipidemia (%)

5325 (54.6)

9294 (61.5)

<0.01

 HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL)^b

53.7 (16.0)

50.8 (16.1)

<0.01

 DBP (mmHg)^b

78.6 (10.1)

75.2 (9.2)

<0.01

 SBP (mmHg)^b

130.7 (17.3)

125.4 (15.9)

<0.01

 Hypertension (%)

6965 (71.0)

7638 (50.3)

<0.01

 Insulin (uU/mL)^c

10.9 (6.8–17.2)

8.8 (5.6–13.8)

<0.01

 Fasting glucose (mg/dL)^b

107.0 (38.9)

99.4 (26.9)

<0.01

 Diabetes (%)

2873 (29.4)

2460 (16.2)

<0.01

 0

642 (6.5)

2193 (14.4)

<0.01

 1

1910 (19.5)

3577 (23.5)

 2

2774 (28.2)

3532 (23.2)

 3

2615 (26.6)

2897 (19.0)

 4

1482 (15.1)

2041 (13.4)

 5

399 (4.1)

976 (6.4)