Implementation of case management to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in the Stanford and San Mateo Heart to Heart randomized controlled trial: study protocol and baseline characteristics

Table 4 Differences in biophysical and lifestyle factors by gender and ethnicity¹

	Male N = 145	Female N = 274	Latino/Hispanic N = 263	Non-Latino/Hispanic N = 156
Age in years	55.2 (0.8)	55.8 (0.6)	55.2 (0.6)	56.2 (0.7)
10-year CHD Risk	18 (1.0)^a	13 (0.5)^b	14 (0.6)	16 (0.9)
BMI (kg/m²)	33.2 (0.7)^a	35.2 (0.5)^b	34.1 (0.4)	35.1 (0.7)
LDL-C (mg/dL)	104 (3.0)	104 (2.0)	106 (2.1)	101 (2.7)
HDL-C (mg/dL)	41 (1.0)^a	48 (0.7)^b	45 (0.7)	47 (1.0)
TC:HDL	4.8 (0.2)^a	4.2 (0.1)^b	4.6 (0.1)^a	4.2 (0.1)^b
TG (mg/dL)	199 (9.8)	201 (5.9)	210 (6.6)^a	183 (8.0)^b
TG:HDL	5.4 (0.3)^a	4.6 (0.2)^b	5.2 (0.2)^a	4.2 (0.2)^b
HbA1c	6.9 (0.1)	6.8 (0.1)	6.8 (0.1)	6.9 (0.1)
SBP (mmHg)	133 (1.7)	134 (1.2)	133 (1.2)	135 (1.7)
DBP (mmHg)	81 (0.9)	79 (0.6)	79 (0.6)	80 (1.0)
Fruits and Vegetables (#/day)	3.3 (0.1)	3.5 (0.1)	3.5 (0.1)	3.3 (0.1)
High Fat Foods (#/day)	3.6 (0.1)	3.6 (0.1)	3.5 (0.1)	3.8 (0.1)
Moderate and Vigorous Physical Activity (minutes/day)²	35 (7.3)^a	23 (2.4)^b	32 (3.9)^a	17 (3.4)^b

¹Data shown are mean and (SE).
²Calculated for participants with complete physical activity data (male n = 96; female n = 201; Hispanic n = 199; non-Hispanic n = 107).
^{a, b}Different superscripts denote significant differences by gender or ethnicity at two-tailed P < .05.

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