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Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants

From: Association between lipoprotein cholesterol and future cardiovascular disease and mortality in older adults: a Korean nationwide longitudinal study

 

Total

Men

Women

P-value**

 

N = 62604 (%)

N = 32584 (%)

N = 30020 (%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

24.1 ± 3.0

23.9 ± 2.8

24.4 ± 3.1

 

 <23

22395 (35.8)

12090 (37.1)

10305 (34.3)

< 0.001

 23–25

17576 (28.1)

9543 (29.3)

8033 (26.8)

 

 ≥25

22633 (36.2)

10957 (33.6)

11682 (38.9)

 

Cigarette smoking

 Non-smoker

42630 (68.1)

13161 (40,4)

29469 (98.2)

< 0.001

 Ex-smoker

12510 (20.0)

12331 (37.9)

179 (0.6)

 

 Current smoker

7439 (11.9)

7072 (21.7)

367 (1.2)

 

LDL-C (mg/dL)

117.8 ± 35.3

112.0 ± 33.5

124.1 ± 36.1

 

 1st quartile

73.2 ± 15.1

72.4 ± 15.6

74.5 ± 14.1

< 0.001

 2nd quartile

103.5 ± 6.5

103.3 ± 6.6

103.7 ± 6.5

 

 3rd quartile

125.6 ± 6.9

125.6 ± 6.9

126.3 ± 6.8

 

 4th quartile

161.6 ± 25.0

159.3 ± 21.9

163.2 ± 26.8

 

HDL-C (mg/dL)

53.9 ± 19.9

52.3 ± 18.9

55.7 ± 20.8

 

 1st quartile

38.7 ± 4.5

38.4 ± 4.6

39.1 ± 4.3

< 0.001

 2nd quartile

48.5 ± 2.3

48.4 ± 2.3

48.6 ± 2.3

 

 3rd quartile

56.7 ± 2.6

56.6 ± 2.6

56.8 ± 2.6

 

 4th quartile

73.8 ± 30.2

73.7 ± 29.8

73.9 ± 30.5

 

Hypertension

29755 (59.2)

15568 (59.6)

14187 (58.7)

0.049

Diabetes mellitus

11205 (17.9)

6665 (20.5)

4540 (15.1)

< 0.001

  1. *Abbreviation: BMI Body mass index, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol
  2. **P-value is for comparison between men and women