Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants according to AIP tertiles

N

376

373

375

Age (years)

51.4± 8.0

52.0± 7.4

51.3±7.7

0.43

Sex (M/F)

182/194

281/92

331/44

SBP (mmHg)

120.5±16.6

123.4±15.6

126.6±14.5

<0.01

DBP (mmHg)

74.8±10.5

77.6±9.6

80.1±8.7

<0.01

BMI (kg/m²)

22.9±2.8

24.1±2.7

25.4±2.8

<0.01

FPG (mmol/L)

5.08±0.80

5.40±0.80

5.67±1.11

<0.01

TC (mmol/L)

5.00±0.83

5.09±0.92

5.25±0.99

<0.01

TG (mmol/L)

0.75±0.18

1.21±0.26

2.17±0.67

<0.01

HDL-C (mmol/L)

1.60±0.29

1.28±0.22

1.06±0.2

<0.01

LDL-C (mmol/L)

3.04±0.76

3.3±0.82

3.37±0.89

<0.01

AIP

-0.31(-0.41, -0.24)

-0.03(-0.09, 0.04)

0.27(0.18, 0.39)

<0.01

HTN (%)

68(18.1)

102(27.3)

114(30.5)

<0.01

DM (%)

17(4.5)

27(7.2)

37(12.6)

<0.01

Alcohol (%)

46(12.2)

62(16.6)

64(17.1)

0.12

Smoking (%)

19(5.1)

44(11.8)

59(15.8)

<0.01

Exercise (%)

63(16.8)

73(19.6)

52(13.9)

0.12

Baseline CACS

13.3±46.9

23.8±79.1

25.8±90.3

<0.05

Categorical CACS

<0.01

 0

289(76.9)

265 (71.0)

260 (69.3)

 0< and ≤10

23 (6.1)

29 (7.8)

26 (6.9)

 >10

64(17.0)

79(21.2)

89 (23.8)

 Baseline Ln (CACS+1)

0.75±1.53

1.02±1.78

1.03±1.77

0.03

 CAC > 0 (%)

87 (23.1)

108 (29.0)

117 (31.2)

<0.05