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Table 5 Effect size of TG/HDL-C on baPWV in prespecified and exploratory subgroups

From: Triglyceride to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-C) ratio and arterial stiffness in Japanese population: a secondary analysis based on a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

No of participants

Effect size(95%CI)

P for interaction

Age (year)

  

0.85

 ≤60

139

6.0 (− 12.3, 24.3)

 

 > 60

773

4.1 (− 3.8, 12.0)

 

Sex

  

0.69

 Male

592

3.2 (−4.8, 11.2)

 

 Female

320

7.2 (−11.4, 25.8)

8.0 (− 10.5, 26.5)a

 

Current smoking

  

0.15

 No

715

7.4 (−1.2, 16.0)

 

 Yes

197

−4.0 (−17.1, 9.1)

 

Ex-Smoking

 No

462

8.6 (−4.0, 21.2)

0.31

 Yes

450

0.8 (−8.1, 9.8)

 

Regular Exercise (> 1 week)

  

0.67

 No

719

4.6 (−3.3, 12.5)

 

 Yes

177

0.08 (−20.1, 20.2)

 

Fatty liver

  

0.99

 No

646

7.3 (− 2.4, 17.0)

 

 Yes

265

7.4 (−4.3, 19.1)

 

Alcohol consumption

  

0.01

 ≤40 (g/week)

581

7.1 (−2.9, 17.0)

 

 40–140

150

7.0 (−11.3, 25.3)

 

 140–280

88

−5.2 (−25.4, 15.0)

 

 > 280

80

−30.7 (−53.1, −8.4)

 

BMI

  

0.50

 < 18.5

36

51.9 (−33.8, 137.6)

 

 > = 18.5, < 23

435

5.2 (−6.5, 16.9)

 

 > = 23

441

2.8 (−6.5, 12.2)

 

Hypertension

  

0.72

 No

790

4.4 (−3.6, 12.3)

 

 Yes

122

8.4 (−12.3, 29.0)

 

Uric acid (tertile)

  

0.07

 Low

298

−6.0 (−25.4, 13.3)

 

 Middle

308

14.7 (1.3, 28.1)

 

 High

306

−2.8 (−13.0, 7.3)

 
  1. Note 1:Above model adjusted for age, sex, BMI, SBP, DBP, AST, ALT, GGT, uric acid, fasting glucose, TC, LDL, eGFR, smoking and exercise status, fatty liver, alcohol consumption and ABI
  2. Note 2:In each case, the model is not adjusted for the stratification variable
  3. Note 3: a adjusted menopausal status + age, sex, BMI, SBP, DBP, AST, ALT, GGT, uric acid, fasting glucose, TC, LDL, eGFR, smoking and exercise status, fatty liver, alcohol consumption