Table 1 Participants in the Bogalusa Heart Study linked to birth certificates (N = 3095)
Overall study population | Black (n = 1139) | White (n = 1956) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
parity | < 0.01 | ||||||
1 | 2116 | 68.4 | 760 | 65.5 | 1384 | 70.3 | |
2 | 630 | 20.4 | 229 | 19.7 | 410 | 20.8 | |
3 | 243 | 7.9 | 106 | 9.1 | 137 | 7.0 | |
4+ | 104 | 3.3 | 66 | 5.7 | 38 | 1.9 | |
education | < 0.01 | ||||||
< high school | 780 | 25.2 | 343 | 29.6 | 448 | 22.7 | |
high school graduate | 1190 | 38.5 | 474 | 40.9 | 732 | 37.2 | |
some college | 575 | 18.6 | 219 | 18.9 | 361 | 18.3 | |
college & beyond | 547 | 17.7 | 124 | 10.7 | 429 | 21.8 | |
married | < 0.01 | ||||||
yes | 1638 | 53.0 | 256 | 22.1 | 1398 | 71.0 | |
no | 1452 | 47.0 | 903 | 77.9 | 571 | 29.0 | |
smoking | < 0.01 | ||||||
yes | 376 | 12.8 | 380 | 12.8 | 328 | 17.4 | |
no | 2566 | 87.2 | 2595 | 87.2 | 1559 | 82.6 | |
N | mean + SD | N | mean + SD | N | mean + SD | ||
age at screening | 3095 | 13.0 + 6.7 | 1139 | 12.5 + 6.4 | 1956 | 13.3 + 6.8 | < 0.01 |
time from screening (yrs) | 3095 | 10.8 + 5.8 | 1139 | 10.1 + 5.3 | 1956 | 11.1 + 6.0 | < 0.01 |
maternal age | 3095 | 24.2 + 5.4 | 1139 | 23.0 + 5.4 | 1956 | 24.9 + 5.3 | < 0.01 |
pregnancy weight gain (lbs) | 2645 | 30.8 + 13.6 | 930 | 29.0 + 13.8 | 1715 | 31.7 + 13.4 | < 0.01 |
BMI | 3089 | 20.1 + 5.5 | 1136 | 20.4 + 5.9 | 1953 | 20.0 + 5.2 | 0.08 |
systolic blood pressure | 3090 | 102.0 + 10.5 | 1136 | 102.4 + 11.1 | 1954 | 101.8 + 10.1 | 0.11 |
diastolic blood pressure | 3090 | 63.1 + 9.7 | 1136 | 62.7 + 10.5 | 1954 | 63.3 + 9.2 | 0.13 |
fasted only: | |||||||
cholesterol | 2691 | 170.4 + 30.9 | 976 | 173.2 + 31.7 | 1715 | 168.7 + 30.3 | < 0.01 |
triglycerides | 2691 | 77.2 + 45.9 | 976 | 66.1 + 29.9 | 1715 | 83.5 + 51.8 | < 0.01 |
insulin | 2098 | 11.2 + 8.4 | 777 | 12.4 + 10.6 | 1321 | 10.5 + 6.6 | < 0.01 |
glucose | 2447 | 78.8 + 16.0 | 888 | 77.5 + 17.7 | 1559 | 79.4 + 14.9 | 0.01 |
LDL-C | 2688 | 103.0 + 28.1 | 974 | 103.9 + 28.5 | 1714 | 102.4 + 27.9 | 0.21 |
HDL-C | 2690 | 56.7 + 16.4 | 975 | 60.4 + 16.0 | 1715 | 54.5 + 16.3 | < 0.01 |
N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
Low birthweight (full-term only) | 91 | 3.3 | 52 | 5.2 | 39 | 2.2 | < 0.01 |
Preterm birth | 297 | 9.6 | 131 | 11.5 | 166 | 8.5 | < 0.01 |
Small for gestational age | 353 | 11.4 | 182 | 16.0 | 171 | 8.7 | < 0.01 |
Large for gestational age | 298 | 9.6 | 64 | 5.6 | 234 | 12.0 | < 0.01 |