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Table 1 General characteristics

From: Comparison of various lipid parameters in association of target organ damage: a cohort study

 

Overall (n = 1599)

Men (n = 711)

Women (n = 888)

P

Characteristics

 Ethnics, n (%), (Han = 1, Others = 0)

1586 (99.6)

708 (100.0)

878 (99.3)

0.03

 Body height, cm

159.9 ± 8.3

166.4 ± 6.0

154.7 ± 5.8

< 0.001

 Body weight, kg

62.4 ± 10.6

67.6 ± 10.2

58.3 ± 8.9

< 0.001

 Drinker, n (%)

237 (14.8)

207 (29.1)

30 (3.4)

< 0.001

Cardiovascular risk factors

 Age, years

71.4 ± 6.1

71.3 ± 6.1

71.4 ± 6.1

0.95

 Smoker, n (%)

366 (22.9)

351 (49.4)

15 (1.7)

< 0.001

 Body mass index, kg/m2

23.9 ± 3.5

23.9 ± 3.3

23.9 ± 3.6

0.92

 Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L

5.69 ± 1.70

5.72 ± 1.67

5.67 ± 1.73

0.55

 Systolic blood pressure, mmHg

134.3 ± 17.7

134.3 ± 16.8

134.3 ± 18.4

0.95

 Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg

78.9 ± 9.1

80.0 ± 9.2

78.1 ± 9.0

0.002

Lipids/lipoproteins

 Total cholesterol, mmol/L

5.22 ± 1.01

4.92 ± 0.99

5.46 ± 0.96

< 0.001

 Triglycerides, mmol/L

1.61 ± 0.93

1.54 ± 0.85

1.66 ± 1.00

0.007

 HDL-C, mmol/L

1.38 ± 0.36

1.28 ± 0.33

1.46 ± 0.36

< 0.001

 LDL-C, mmol/L

3.20 ± 0.85

3.04 ± 0.85

3.33 ± 0.83

< 0.001

 Non-HDL-C, mmol/L

3.84 ± 0.98

3.65 ± 0.97

4.00 ± 0.96

< 0.001

 TC/HDL ratio

3.98 ± 1.08

4.05 ± 1.12

3.92 ± 1.06

0.014

 TG/HDL ratio

1.32 ± 1.05

1.36 ± 0.98

1.30 ± 1.10

0.26

 LDL/HDL ratio

2.45 ± 0.81

2.51 ± 0.85

2.39 ± 0.77

0.005

Asymptomatic target organ damage

 Pulse wave velocity, m/s

9.42 ± 2.31

9.36 ± 2.42

9.48 ± 2.21

0.32

 Creatinine clearance rate, %

92.4 ± 21.7

88.3 ± 20.0

95.8 ± 22.5

< 0.001

 Urinary albumine-creatinine ratio, mg/g

54.9 ± 181.6

51.1 ± 108.3

58.0 ± 224.4

0.43

Diseases & treatment

 Hypertension, n (%)

843 (52.7)

385 (54.2)

458 (51.6)

0.31

 Treated hypertension, n (%)

799 (93.9)

363 (93.1)

436 (94.6)

0.36

 Cardiovascular disease, n (%)

549 (34.3)

231 (32.5)

318 (35.8)

0.16

 Anti-platelet treatment, n (%)

424 (26.6)

204 (28.8)

220 (24.8)

0.07

 Lipid lowing therapy, n (%)

259 (16.2)

102 (14.4)

157 (17.7)

0.08

 Stroke or TIA, n (%)

318 (19.9)

130 (18.3)

188 (21.2)

0.15

 Renal disease, n (%)

132 (8.3)

55 (7.8)

77 (8.7)

0.52

 Diabetes, n (%)

312 (19.5)

137 (19.3)

175 (19.7)

0.99

 Antidiabetic treatment, n (%)

262 (16.4)

115 (16.2)

147 (16.6)

0.98

 Insulin treatment, n (%)

51 (7.4)

22 (7.2)

29 (7.5)

0.90

  1. Data are means ± standard deviation or numbers with percentages in parenthesis. P values less than 0.05 were shown in bold type. Creatinine clearance rate was calculated with modified MDRD formula for Chinese. CVD Cardiovascular disease, TIA Transient ischemia attach. HDL-C high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides