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Table 1 Characteristics of participants categorized by gender classification

From: Association of lipid profiles and the ratios with arterial stiffness in middle-aged and elderly Chinese

 

Total

Male

Female

P

Number

1133

430

703

 

Age (years)

64.0 ± 8.6

65.4 ± 8.7

63.1 ± 8.4

<0.001

Smoking (%)

246(21.7)

136(31.6)

110(15.6)

<0.001

Self-reported CVD (%)

239(21.1)

83(19.3)

156(22.2)

0.279

Waist to hip ratio

0.88 ± 0.06

0.91 ± 0.06

0.86 ± 0.06

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2)

25.4 ± 3.3

25.2 ± 3.2

25.5 ± 3.3

0.278

SBP (mmHg)

138.7 ± 19.2

139.0 ± 18.8

138.5 ± 19.4

0.630

DBP (mmHg)

83.8 ± 10.6

85.0 ± 10.1

83.0 ± 10.8

0.002

Hypertension (%)

809(71.4)

317(73.7)

492(70.0)

0.200

TC

5.34 ± 1.00

5.08 ± 0.91

5.50 ± 1.03

<0.001

TG

1.61(1.09-2.30)

1.55(1.06-2.20)

1.65(1.10-2.38)

0.154

HDL

1.29 ± 0.32

1.21 ± 0.31

1.34 ± 0.32

<0.001

LDL

3.02 ± 0.78

2.91 ± 0.73

3.09 ± 0.80

0.001

nonHDL

4.04 ± 0.97

3.87 ± 0.91

4.15 ± 0.99

<0.001

TC/HDL

4.32 ± 1.11

4.41 ± 1.14

4.27 ± 1.09

0.043

TG/HDL

1.29(0.80-2.05)

1.36(0.86-2.11)

1.27(0.77-1.98)

0.613

LDL/HDL

2.44 ± 0.79

2.53 ± 0.84

2.39 ± 076

0.005

nonHDL/HDL

3.32 ± 1.11

3.41 ± 1.14

3.27 ± 1.09

0.044

FPG (mmol/l)

6.9 ± 2.3

6.9 ± 2.5

6.8 ± 2.1

0.508

HbA1C

6.6 ± 1.3

6.8 ± 1.5

6.5 ± 1.2

0.021

HOMA-IR

3.37(2.12-5.56)

3.33(2.13-5.92)

340(2.10-5.44)

0.637

GFR (ml/min/1.732)

92.2 ± 13.7

89.5 ± 14.5

93.9 ± 13.0

<0.001

BaPWV (cm/s)

1745 ± 364

1782 ± 364

1723 ± 362

0.040

MetS (%)

759(67.0)

247(57.4)

512(72.8)

<0.001

White blood cell (109/l)

6.1 ± 1.6

6.4 ± 1.7

5.9 ± 1.4

<0.001

Serum creatinine (μmol/l)

64.3 ± 18.7

76.4 ± 21.7

56.9 ± 11.4

<0.001

Uric acid (μmol/l)

315(260–370)

345(290–400)

300(251–347)

0.007

  1. CVD, cardiovascular disease; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment index-insulin resistance; GFR, glomerlar filtration rate; BaPWV, brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity; MetS, metabolic syndrome.
  2. Data were reported in mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or number (percent).