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Table 1 Characteristics of the study subjects

From: Relationship between non–high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and carotid atherosclerosis in normotensive and euglycemic Chinese middle-aged and elderly adults

Variables

All

Male subjects

Female subjects

P value between genders

n = 1470

n = 512

n = 958

Age (ys)

57.7 (8.1)

59.0 (8.3)

57.0 (8.0)

<0.001

BMI (kg/m2)

22.9 (2.9)

23.1 (3.0)

22.7 (2.9)

0.029

WHR

0.868 (0.069)

0.901 (0.069)

0.850 (0.061)

<0.001

Current smoker, n (%)

317 (21.6%)

296 (57.8%)

21 (2.2)

<0.001

SBP (mmHg)

120.4 (11.1)

121.8 (11.2)

119.6 (11.0)

<0.001

DBP (mmHg)

71.5 (7.7)

73.1 (7.8)

70.7 (7.5)

<0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.0 (0.9)

4.8 (0.9)

5.2 (0.9)

<0.001

LDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

2.9 (0.8)

2.8 (0.7)

3.0 (0.8)

<0.001

HDL cholesterol (mmol/L)

1.5 (0.4)

1.4 (0.4)

1.6 (0.4)

<0.001

Non-HDL-C (mmol/L)

3.5 (0.9)

3.4 (0.8)

3.6 (0.9)

<0.001

TG (mmol/L)

1.3 (0.6)

1.4 (0.7)

1.3 (0.6)

0.167

FBG (mmol/L)

4.9 (0.4)

4.9 (0.4)

4.9 (0.3)

0.608

PPG (mmol/L)

5.6 (1.1)

5.6 (1.2)

5.6 (1.1)

0.391

HOMA-IR

1.4 (0.9–1.9)

1.2 (0.8–1.8)

1.4 (1.0–1.9)

<0.001

HOMA-B%

93.3 (67.0–126.2)

83.9 (58.2–123.4)

97.3 (71.7–128.9)

<0.001

CIMT (mm)

0.712 (0.130)

0.746 (0.142)

0.694 (0.119)

<0.001

Carotid plaque (n,%)

276 (18.8%)

138 (27.0%)

138 (14.4%)

<0.001

  1. Data are mean (SD) or percentage of subjects or median (interquartile range)
  2. BMI body mass index, WHR waist-hip-ratio, FBG fasting blood glucose, PPG OGTT 2 h blood glucose, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, TC total cholesterol, TG triglyceride, HDL-C high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low density lipoprotein cholesterol, Non-HDL-C non high density lipoprotein cholesterol, HOMA-IR homeostasis model assessment index for insulin resistance, HOMA-B homeostasis model assessment index for beta cell function