Table 1 Mean (SD) or percent sociodemographic and health characteristics according to seropositive pathogen burden in a sub-sample of the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (2000-2002).
| Â | Number of seropositive pathogens | P value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | 0-1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | Â |
Age, y | 56.8 (8.4) | 59.1 (9.7) | 59.5 (10.0) | 59.9 (10.1) | 59.9 (9.6) | 0.02 |
Female | 54.6 | 54.6 | 58.5 | 59.4 | 56.1 | 0.8 |
Race/ethnicity | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
   White | 21.6 | 28.8 | 26.6 | 14.8 | 8.3 |  |
   Black | 2.9 | 10.1 | 23.4 | 34.0 | 29.7 |  |
   Hispanic | 1.7 | 3.9 | 12.9 | 35.3 | 46.1 |  |
   Chinese | 1.0 | 1.0 | 16.2 | 35.4 | 46.5 |  |
Education | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | < 0.001 |
   < High school | 0.0 | 1.2 | 15.1 | 34.9 | 48.8 |  |
   Finished high school | 5.7 | 11.3 | 20.3 | 27.7 | 35.0 |  |
   Some college | 8.4 | 16.8 | 25.5 | 26.6 | 22.7 |  |
   College graduate | 20.7 | 25.3 | 22.6 | 19.6 | 12.0 |  |
BMI, kg/m2 | 28.1 (5.4) | 27.9 (5.3) | 28.8 (6.1) | 28.4 (5.5) | 28.6 (5.7) | 0.2 |
Smoking, pack years | 12.2 (30.6) | 10.0 (17.1) | 18.4 (30.1) | 9.8 (18.8) | 8.0 (14.4) | 0.03 |
Alcohol consumer | 84.6 | 73.3 | 61.8 | 48.8 | 44.4 | < 0.001 |
Diabetic | 6.4 | 8.6 | 7.4 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 0.006 |
Self-rated good health | 95.4 | 93.6 | 90.9 | 85.1 | 78.1 | < 0.001 |
N | 110 | 163 | 217 | 256 | 253 | -- |