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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the study participants according to baseline LDL-C/HDL-C ratio quartiles

From: LDL-cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol ratio discordance with lipid parameters and carotid intima-media thickness: a cohort study in China

Baseline characteristicsLDL-C/HDL-C ratio quartilesaP value
~ 1.68 (n = 3405)1.69 ~ 2.20 (n = 3405)2.21 ~ 2.78
(n = 3408)		2.79 ~ (n = 3394)
Total
 Age (years)    < 0.001
   < 452341202019061956 
   ≥ 451064138515021438 
 Sex    < 0.001
  Men988159121202502 
  Women241718141288892 
Height (cm)164.33 ± 7.54166.06 ± 8.04167.92 ± 8169.3 ± 7.65< 0.001
Weight (kg)61.73 ± 11.1867.7 ± 11.9572.69 ± 12.1876.73 ± 12.23< 0.001
BMI (kg/m2)22.76 ± 3.1724.45 ± 3.2725.67 ± 3.2526.68 ± 3.23< 0.001
Waist (cm)75.88 ± 9.4881.57 ± 9.8485.68 ± 9.5389.07 ± 9.03< 0.001
Heart rate (beats/min)76.65 ± 10.4576.75 ± 10.3176.98 ± 10.1478.45 ± 10.8< 0.001
SUA (mmol/L)278.92 ± 75.57310.79 ± 80.95341.45 ± 84.64364.35 ± 84.22< 0.001
Creatinine (μmol/L)70.49 ± 19.5975.22 ± 22.1878.34 ± 15.7679.61 ± 15.59< 0.001
TC (mmol/L)4.24 ± 0.774.58 ± 0.754.85 ± 0.785.32 ± 0.85< 0.001
TG (mmol/L) (median [range])0.75(0.23–17.70)1.02(0.30–18.41)1.37(0.39–17.85)1.73(0.43–15.81)< 0.001
ALT (U/L)17.62 ± 12.2721.31 ± 18.7624.71 ± 17.1130.06 ± 22.8< 0.001
AST (U/L)19.29 ± 8.0920.56 ± 10.7621.27 ± 8.7922.95 ± 10.41< 0.001
 Lipid lowering treatment    0.039
  No3395339433843380 
  Yes10112414 
 Smoking    < 0.001
  Never2731241521841991 
  Ever313485566650 
  Current361504658753 
 Drinking    < 0.001
  Never2574220418081597 
  Ever265336400479 
  Current56686512001318 
 Hypertension    < 0.001
  No3081285426712522 
  Yes324551737872 
 T2DM    < 0.001
  No3331327332163143 
  Yes74132192251 
 Fatty liver    < 0.001
  No3025253219721400 
  Yes37986914351992 
  1. Abbreviation: BMI body mass index, WC waist circumference, SUA serum uric acid, TC total cholesterol, TG triglycerides, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase
  2. amissing data for LDL-C_HDL-C ratio: 69
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