TABLE 2

Composition of the Hawaii component of the MEC study at baseline

Caucasian (n = 35,042)
Japanese American (n = 44,513)
Native Hawaiian (n = 14,346)
Other (n = 9,997)
All (n = 103,898)
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
n 17,299 17,743 21,011 23,502 6,140 8,206 4,486 5,511  
Age at cohort entry (years)          
    <55 42.6 44.4 29.6 29.9 44.5 49.8 43.2 43.5 38.2 
    55–64 27.6 26.9 27.5 29.6 30.9 29.6 31.5 32.3 28.7 
    ≥65 29.8 28.7 42.9 40.5 24.6 20.6 25.3 24.2 33.2 
BMI (kg/m2         
    <22.0 13.8 33.2 18.5 41.5 9.7 20.9 16.6 30.6 25.5 
    22.0–24.9 31.6 27.4 37.2 29.7 22.8 22.6 29.5 27.5 30.0 
    25.0–29.9 40.7 25.2 37.2 22.6 41.0 30.7 39.6 26.6 31.7 
    ≥30.0 13.9 14.1 7.2 6.2 26.4 25.9 17.4 15.3 12.8 
Education (years)*          
    ≤12 22.6 27.5 42.6 46.2 48.4 51.6 44.2 47.4 38.9 
    13–15 29.2 32.8 28.1 26.5 29.5 28.0 28.0 26.8 28.7 
    >15 48.2 39.7 29.2 27.3 22.1 20.4 27.8 25.8 32.4 
Smoking status*          
    Never 31.7 44.9 29.3 68.0 31.1 47.6 30.4 56.6 44.2 
    Past 50.8 37.9 54.8 21.5 47.5 31.1 49.0 26.6 39.7 
    Current 16.9 16.5 15.3 9.2 20.7 20.0 19.6 15.6 15.3 
Family history          
    Parents 12.2 15.2 16.8 19.0 19.9 24.8 14.2 19.7 17.1 
    Siblings 5.4 7.0 9.6 12.8 8.7 12.6 7.3 10.8 9.3 
Hypertension 27.1 26.9 42.9 38.4 45.4 44.8 37.7 36.5 36.2 
Mean follow-up time (years) 12.0 ± 3.5 12.5 ± 2.9 11.4 ± 3.7 12.2 ± 3.1 10.9 ± 4.0 11.4 ± 3.7 11.6 ± 3.7 12.2 ± 3.2 11.9 ± 3.4 
Caucasian (n = 35,042)
Japanese American (n = 44,513)
Native Hawaiian (n = 14,346)
Other (n = 9,997)
All (n = 103,898)
MaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemaleMaleFemale
n 17,299 17,743 21,011 23,502 6,140 8,206 4,486 5,511  
Age at cohort entry (years)          
    <55 42.6 44.4 29.6 29.9 44.5 49.8 43.2 43.5 38.2 
    55–64 27.6 26.9 27.5 29.6 30.9 29.6 31.5 32.3 28.7 
    ≥65 29.8 28.7 42.9 40.5 24.6 20.6 25.3 24.2 33.2 
BMI (kg/m2         
    <22.0 13.8 33.2 18.5 41.5 9.7 20.9 16.6 30.6 25.5 
    22.0–24.9 31.6 27.4 37.2 29.7 22.8 22.6 29.5 27.5 30.0 
    25.0–29.9 40.7 25.2 37.2 22.6 41.0 30.7 39.6 26.6 31.7 
    ≥30.0 13.9 14.1 7.2 6.2 26.4 25.9 17.4 15.3 12.8 
Education (years)*          
    ≤12 22.6 27.5 42.6 46.2 48.4 51.6 44.2 47.4 38.9 
    13–15 29.2 32.8 28.1 26.5 29.5 28.0 28.0 26.8 28.7 
    >15 48.2 39.7 29.2 27.3 22.1 20.4 27.8 25.8 32.4 
Smoking status*          
    Never 31.7 44.9 29.3 68.0 31.1 47.6 30.4 56.6 44.2 
    Past 50.8 37.9 54.8 21.5 47.5 31.1 49.0 26.6 39.7 
    Current 16.9 16.5 15.3 9.2 20.7 20.0 19.6 15.6 15.3 
Family history          
    Parents 12.2 15.2 16.8 19.0 19.9 24.8 14.2 19.7 17.1 
    Siblings 5.4 7.0 9.6 12.8 8.7 12.6 7.3 10.8 9.3 
Hypertension 27.1 26.9 42.9 38.4 45.4 44.8 37.7 36.5 36.2 
Mean follow-up time (years) 12.0 ± 3.5 12.5 ± 2.9 11.4 ± 3.7 12.2 ± 3.1 10.9 ± 4.0 11.4 ± 3.7 11.6 ± 3.7 12.2 ± 3.2 11.9 ± 3.4 

Data are % unless otherwise indicated.

*Totals may not add up to 100% because of missing values.

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