Table 1 Clinical characteristics of the study participants

Sex (M/F)

65/43

44/40

0.279

Age (years)

57.31 ± 7.21

56.83 ± 7.55

0.651

BMI (kg/m²)

26.43 ± 4.83

24.26 ± 3.44

0.001

SBP (mmHg)

128.11 ± 6.86

126.46 ± 6.89

0.101

DBP (mmHg)

75.62 ± 6.50

74.14 ± 7.38

0.142

TC (mmol/L)

5.15 ± 1.06

4.92 ± 0.91

0.109

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.34 ± 0.27

1.58 ± 0.37

<0.001

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.10 ± 0.74

2.85 ± 0.75

0.024

TG (mmol/L)

2.37 (1.99, 2.79)

1.09 (0.71, 1.48)

<0.001

ApoA-I (g/L)

1.37 ± 0.36

1.57 ± 0.39

<0.001

ApoB (g/L)

0.97 ± 0.22

0.90 ± 0.23

0.030

ApoA-I/HDL-C

0.99 (0.91, 1.10)

0.99 (0.85, 1.11)

0.821

FBG (mmol/L)

6.30 (5.60, 6.98)

5.58 (5.24, 5.82)

<0.001

2hPG (mmol/L)

9.30 (8.63, 9.80)

6.50 (6.08, 6.73)

<0.001

HbA1c (%)

6.30 (6.00, 6.40)

5.90 (5.60, 6.10)

<0.001

FINS (mIU/L)

15.70 (10.80, 18.30)

8.17 (5.39, 11.97)

<0.001

HOMA-IR

4.21 ± 1.56

2.15 ± 0.99

<0.001