Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants (N = 3776)

Gender (male/female)

858/929

868/1121

0.007

Age (years)

72.76 ± 6.65

72.18 ± 6.33

0.002

Diabetes (no/yes)

1575/212

1650/551

 < 0.001

SBP (mmHg)

140.06 ± 22.28

144.89 ± 20.73

 < 0.001

DBP (mmHg)

83.20 ± 12.01

85.80 ± 10.99

 < 0.001

BMI (kg/m²)

22.51 ± 2.92

25.82 ± 2.96

 < 0.001

ALB (g/L)

44.54 ± 2.74

45.06 ± 2.70

 < 0.001

ALT (U/L)

15.04 ± 11.13

18.24 ± 11.58

 < 0.001

AST (U/L)

19.62 ± 7.30

20.01 ± 7.46

0.113

RBC (10¹²/L)

4.43 ± 0.45

4.56 ± 0.43

 < 0.001

Urea (mmol/L)

5.85 ± 1.57

5.68 ± 1.42

0.001

FPG (mmol/L)

5.46 ± 1.85

5.74 ± 1.92

 < 0.001

HGB (g/L)

133.78 ± 13.71

137.60 ± 12.97

 < 0.001

PLT (10⁹/L)

194.81 ± 47.30

199.51 ± 47.89

0.002

TC (mmol/L)

4.74 ± 0.92

4.89 ± 0.91

 < 0.001

TB (umol/L)

11.04 ± 4.53

11.10 ± 4.55

0.653

CRE (umol/L)

76.65 ± 18.91

75.76 ± 18.41

0.142

LDL (mmol/L)

3.01 ± 0.79

3.13 ± 0.80

 < 0.001

TG (mmol/L)

1.15 ± 0.72

1.61 ± 0.99

 < 0.001

UA (umol/L)

290.02 ± 80.89

314.37 ± 1.87

 < 0.001

AFP (ng/mL)

5.48 ± 4.62

5.35 ± 3.66

0.321

LYMPH (10⁹/L)

1.92 ± 0.60

2.10 ± 0.62

 < 0.001

NEUT (10⁹/L)

3.46 ± 1.15

3.65 ± 1.13

 < 0.001