Low density lipoprotein cholesterol and all-cause mortality rate: findings from a study on Japanese community-dwelling persons

Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants

Characteristics N = 3684	Value
Gender (male), %	43.7
Age (years)	64 ± 13
Body mass index categories^a, %	5.0/67.8/27.2
Body mass index (kg/m²)	23.3 ± 3.2
Smoking habits (non/ex/light/heavy), %	66.4/25.6/2.7/5.2
Drinking habits (non/occasional/light/heavy), %	51.7/25.8/13.6/9.0
History of cardiovascular disease, %	8.0
Hypertension, %	57.0
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	138 ± 21
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	80 ± 11
Hypertriglyceridemia, %	18.0
Triglyceridemia (mg/dL)	93 (70–131)
Low HDL-cholesterolemia, %	4.4
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	63 ± 16
Lipid-lowering medication, %	9.7
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL)	118 ± 31
LDL cholesterol categories^b, %	4.9/15.1/60.0/20.0
Diabetes, %	9.5
Blood glucose (mg/dL)	100 (91–114)
Chronic kidney disease, %	10.2
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m²)	78.0 ± 16.4
Hyperuricemia, %	13.5
Serum uric acid (mg/dL)	5.1 ± 1.4

HDL high-density lipoprotein, LDL low-density lipoprotein, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration ratio
^a Body mass index categories: < 18.5 kg/m², 18.5–25.0 kg/m², ≥ 25 kg/m²
^b LDL cholesterol categories: very low, < 70 mg/dL; low, 70–92 mg/dL; medium, 93–143 mg/dL; high, ≥ 144 mg/dL
Data are presented as means ± standard deviation except for the data for triglycerides and hemoglobin A1c, which were skewed and are thus presented as median (interquartile range) values

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