Characteristics of black and white participants with sRAGE levels (N = 2,329).^a^,^b^,^c^,^d

<p>^a Continuous variables reported as means (SD) and categorical variables as n (%). Median (p25, p75) provided for sRAGE.</p><p>^b Education, n = 1739 for whites and 588 for blacks; prevalent CHD, n = 1707 for whites and n = 577 for blacks; eGFR, n = 568 for blacks; fasting glucose, n = 1726 for whites and n = 586 for blacks</p><p>^c P<0.05 for differences between race groups for all characteristics</p><p>^d Abbreviations: sRAGE, soluble receptor for advanced glycation end-products; BMI, body mass index; CHD, coronary heart disease; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate</p><p>Characteristics of black and white participants with sRAGE levels (N = 2,329).<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0128452#t001fn001" target="_blank">^a</a>^,<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0128452#t001fn002" target="_blank">^b</a>^,<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0128452#t001fn003" target="_blank">^c</a>^,<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0128452#t001fn004" target="_blank">^d</a>