Variable Overall
N = 3,893
1
HEI Quartiles
p-value2
1st
N = 974
1
2nd
N = 973
1
3rd
N = 972
1
4th
N = 974
1
Age 49.46 (17.51) 47.16 (17.30) 48.67 (17.22) 49.70 (17.21) 52.30 (17.93) <0.001
Gender




0.001
    Male 1,829 / 3893 (47%) 428 / 974 (44%) 426 / 973 (44%) 477 / 972 (49%) 498 / 974 (51%)
    Female 2,064 / 3893 (53%) 546 / 974 (56%) 547 / 973 (56%) 495 / 972 (51%) 476 / 974 (49%)
BMI 29.73 (7.10) 30.73 (7.55) 29.90 (7.36) 29.82 (7.12) 28.45 (6.09) <0.001
Diabetes




>0.9
    No 97 / 3892 (2.5%) 23 / 974 (2.4%) 28 / 972 (2.9%) 24 / 972 (2.5%) 22 / 974 (2.3%)
    Yes 3,232 / 3892 (83%) 811 / 974 (83%) 798 / 972 (82%) 811 / 972 (83%) 812 / 974 (83%)
    Borderline 563 / 3892 (14%) 140 / 974 (14%) 146 / 972 (15%) 137 / 972 (14%) 140 / 974 (14%)
Race




<0.001
    White 320 / 3893 (8.2%) 51 / 974 (5.2%) 65 / 973 (6.7%) 80 / 972 (8.2%) 124 / 974 (13%)
    Black 820 / 3893 (21%) 223 / 974 (23%) 233 / 973 (24%) 208 / 972 (21%) 156 / 974 (16%)
    Mexican American 648 / 3893 (17%) 166 / 974 (17%) 170 / 973 (17%) 174 / 972 (18%) 138 / 974 (14%)
    Asian 160 / 3893 (4.1%) 46 / 974 (4.7%) 46 / 973 (4.7%) 35 / 972 (3.6%) 33 / 974 (3.4%)
    Other Hispanic 489 / 3893 (13%) 115 / 974 (12%) 99 / 973 (10%) 125 / 972 (13%) 150 / 974 (15%)
    Other 1,456 / 3893 (37%) 373 / 974 (38%) 360 / 973 (37%) 350 / 972 (36%) 373 / 974 (38%)
Education




<0.001
    No High School 1,009 / 3893 (26%) 170 / 974 (17%) 202 / 973 (21%) 268 / 972 (28%) 369 / 974 (38%)
    Some High School 887 / 3893 (23%) 263 / 974 (27%) 244 / 973 (25%) 210 / 972 (22%) 170 / 974 (17%)
    High School 345 / 3893 (8.9%) 77 / 974 (7.9%) 84 / 973 (8.6%) 100 / 972 (10%) 84 / 974 (8.6%)
    Some College 1,219 / 3893 (31%) 323 / 974 (33%) 325 / 973 (33%) 298 / 972 (31%) 273 / 974 (28%)
    College 433 / 3893 (11%) 141 / 974 (14%) 118 / 973 (12%) 96 / 972 (9.9%) 78 / 974 (8.0%)
Days of Alcohol Consumption




0.003
    0 2,399 / 3893 (62%) 649 / 974 (67%) 606 / 973 (62%) 588 / 972 (60%) 556 / 974 (57%)
    1 617 / 3893 (16%) 156 / 974 (16%) 139 / 973 (14%) 166 / 972 (17%) 156 / 974 (16%)
    2 317 / 3893 (8.1%) 64 / 974 (6.6%) 82 / 973 (8.4%) 76 / 972 (7.8%) 95 / 974 (9.8%)
    3 201 / 3893 (5.2%) 47 / 974 (4.8%) 50 / 973 (5.1%) 46 / 972 (4.7%) 58 / 974 (6.0%)
    4 92 / 3893 (2.4%) 15 / 974 (1.5%) 25 / 973 (2.6%) 21 / 972 (2.2%) 31 / 974 (3.2%)
    5 93 / 3893 (2.4%) 12 / 974 (1.2%) 22 / 973 (2.3%) 32 / 972 (3.3%) 27 / 974 (2.8%)
    6 34 / 3893 (0.9%) 4 / 974 (0.4%) 14 / 973 (1.4%) 8 / 972 (0.8%) 8 / 974 (0.8%)
    7 140 / 3893 (3.6%) 27 / 974 (2.8%) 35 / 973 (3.6%) 35 / 972 (3.6%) 43 / 974 (4.4%)
Systolic Blood Pressure 125.75 (18.32) 126.46 (18.70) 125.79 (17.37) 125.42 (18.83) 125.33 (18.34) 0.4
Urine Albumin 55.35 (349.11) 65.59 (371.94) 40.77 (191.24) 59.20 (408.59) 55.82 (381.72) <0.001
Log(Urine Albumin) 2.31 (1.35) 2.47 (1.34) 2.32 (1.26) 2.34 (1.35) 2.14 (1.41) <0.001
1 Mean (SD); n / N (%)
2 Kruskal-Wallis rank sum test; Pearson’s Chi-squared test