Sex specific mean (SD) or n (%)* of risk factors according to current, former, or never asthma diagnosis: ARIC baseline, 1987–9
| Variable | Women | Men | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current asthma (N = 227) | Former asthma (N = 186) | Never asthma (N = 7287) | Current asthma (N = 139) | Former asthma (N = 157) | Never asthma (N = 5505) | ||
| BMI, body mass index; W/H ratio, waist to hip ratio; HDL, high density lipoprotein; LDL, low density lipoprotein; FEV1, forced expiratory volume in 1 second; FVC, forced vital capacity. | |||||||
| †Low lung function defined as FEV1 <80% of predicted values and an FEV1/FVC ratio <0.7. | |||||||
| Age (years) | 54 (6) | 54 (6) | 54 (5.8) | 54 (6.0) | 54 (6.1) | 54 (6) | |
| Cigarettes (pack years) | 11.3 (17.1) | 11.7 (17.3) | 9.5 (15.9) | 20.9 (25.7) | 19.0 (21.7) | 21.0 (23.7) | |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 29.0 (6.4) | 28.1 (6.3) | 27.8 (6.1) | 27.4 (4.3) | 27.0 (3.5) | 27.5 (4.2) | |
| W/H ratio | 0.91 (0.08) | 0.90 (0.08) | 0.89 (0.08) | 0.97 (0.07) | 0.96 (0.06) | 0.96 (0.05) | |
| LDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 130 (41) | 136 (38) | 135 (41) | 136 (41) | 136 (32) | 139 (37) | |
| HDL cholesterol (mg/dl) | 59 (18) | 58 (16) | 58 (17) | 46 (12) | 45 (13) | 45 (14) | |
| Fibrinogen (mg/dl) | 314 (66) | 312 (71) | 306 (64) | 306 (67) | 287 (57) | 294 (63) | |
| Systolic BP (mm Hg) | 123 (20) | 121 (19) | 120 (19) | 123 (17) | 122 (15) | 122 (18) | |
| Sport score | 2.27 (0.72) | 2.37 (0.72) | 2.32 (0.75) | 2.58 (0.89) | 2.65 (0.91) | 2.58 (0.81) | |
| FEV1 (l) | 2.01 (0.61) | 2.31 (0.52) | 2.45 (0.48) | 2.84 (0.89) | 3.25 (0.74) | 3.38 (0.72) | |
| FVC (l) | 2.89 (0.70) | 3.13 (0.63) | 3.22 (0.61) | 4.36 (0.91) | 4.59 (0.92) | 4.59 (0.85) | |
| FEV1/FVC | 69.0 (10.8) | 73.6 (7.6) | 76.0 (7.1) | 64.1 (12.1) | 70.7 (9.0) | 73.8 (8.1) | |
| Low lung function*† | 71 (31) | 23 (12) | 476 (7) | 56 (40) | 31 (20) | 714 (13) | |
| Race* | |||||||
| Black | 86 (38) | 53 (29) | 2222 (31) | 23 (17) | 32 (20) | 1317 (24) | |
| White | 141 (62) | 133 (72) | 5065 (70) | 116 (84) | 125 (80) | 4188 (76) | |
| Smoking status* | |||||||
| Never | 115 (51) | 100 (54) | 3918 (54) | 47 (34) | 50 (32) | 1661 (30) | |
| Former | 60 (26) | 42 (23) | 1643 (23) | 68 (49) | 75 (48) | 2417 (44) | |
| Current | 52 (23) | 44 (24) | 1719 (24) | 24 (17) | 32 (20) | 1425 (26) | |
| Diabetes* | 48 (21) | 22 (12) | 775 (11) | 15 (10) | 15 (10) | 566 (10) | |
| Hypertension medication* | 84 (37) | 54 (29) | 1838 (25) | 39 (28) | 35 (23) | 1125 (21) | |
| Less than high school education* | 62 (27) | 51 (27) | 1635 (22) | 65 (47) | 67 (43) | 2296 (42) | |