African Ancestry Gradient Is Associated with Lower Systemic F2-Isoprostane Levels
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
()
()
()
Variable
Mean age (SD), years
42.5 (10.9)
49.1 (11.8)
48.2 (14.0)
0.002
Sex, % males
37.8
51.9
33.7
0.10
Education, % college graduates
52.0
32.1
43.9
0.04
BMI (SD), kg/m2
28.7 (6.7)
31.0 (6.7)
30.1 (6.5)
0.21
% Obese
39.7
50.0
42.2
0.50
Medical history (Yes )
Heart diseases
21.3
57.5
52.5
<0.001
Kidney diseases
0.0
9.1
15.3
0.001
Endocrine diseases
5.4
31.3
10.2
<0.001
Cancer
1.4
0.0
8.8
0.1138
Allergy
9.6
33.3
38.6
0.003
Morbidity score,
0 (number of categories reported)
74.0
28.3
21.1
<0.001
1
16.4
34.8
42.1
2
8.2
15.6
31.6
≥3
1.4
21.9
5.3
: West African immigrants, AAs: African Americans, and NHWs: non-Hispanic Whites. values are presented for Chi-square test (categorical variables) and for Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test (continuous variables).
