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Table 1 Demographic Information

From: Evidence for a gene influencing heart rate on chromosome 5p13-14 in a meta-analysis of genome-wide scans from the NHLBI Family Blood Pressure Program

Characteristics

GenNet

 

CA

AA

 

Male (n = 255)

Female (n = 287)

Male (n = 319)

Female (n = 457)

Age (years)

36.7(9.0)

37.5(9.0)

38.7(10.1)

41.6(12.1)

Body Mass index (kg/m2)

28.6(5.4)

28.5(6.7)

27.1(8.6)

32.1(8.6)

Resting Heart Rate (beats/minute)

68.2(9.4)

71.9(9.3)

74.3(12.4)

74.6(11.0)

Pack years of smoking

9.1(15.9)

6.1(10.6)

9.9(12.9)

6.6(10.7)

Current Alcohol Drinking (%)

71.4

61

43.9

22.3

β-Blocker users (%)

2.3

4.9

1.8

3.3

Hypertension status (%)

    

Non-hypertensive

76.5

82.2

69

62.8

Hypertensive

23.5

17.8

31

37.2

Secondary

0

0

0

0

 

GENOA

 

CA

AA

 

Male (n = 638)

Female (n = 762)

Male (n = 527)

Female (n = 1168)

Age (years)

55.6(10.8)

55.2(11)

58.4(9.9)

56.9(10.4)

Body Mass index (kg/m2)

30.3(5.1)

30.2(7)

28.4(4.9)

32.1(6.9)

Resting Heart Rate (beats/minute)

64.5(11)

67.8(11)

68.1(11.5)

69.6(10.9)

Pack years of smoking

20.2(9)

9(16.8)

17.4(20.5)

6.1(12.9)

Current Alcohol Drinking (%)

75.9

37.8

46.5

31.1

β-Blocker users (%)

24

23.3

9.5

10.1

Hypertension status (%)

    

Non-hypertensive

24.8

27.8

31.1

26

Hypertensive

70.2

66.9

66.6

73.5

Secondary

5

5.3

2.3

0.4

 

HyperGEN

 

CA

AA

 

Male (n = 638)

Female (n = 702)

Male (n = 518)

Female (n = 1000)

Age (years)

56.3(13.1)

56.6(12.3)

47.9(12.7)

48.0(12.9)

Body Mass index (kg/m2)

29.5(4.7)

29.5(6.6)

29.8(6.2)

33.6(8.1)

Resting Heart Rate (beats/minute)

65.4(10.8)

69.6(11.2)

69.9(13.5)

72.8(12.0)

Pack years of smoking

16.4(23.9)

8.2(17.2)

13.2(17.3)

6.6(13.3)

Current Alcohol Drinking (%)

40.3

24.5

42.3

16.5

β-Blocker users (%)

21.9

22.1

7.1

12.2

Hypertension status (%)

    

Non-hypertensive

25.6

26.2

24.5

18.4

Hypertensive

74.5

73.1

75.5

81.6

Secondary

0

0.4

0

0

  1. Demographic information by network, race (CA for Caucasian and AA for African-American) and medication use. Means (± standard deviation) are given.