Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 26,582 US adults

Sample size

22,909

3673

26,582

NA

Age, y, mean (SD)

47 (18)

61 (14)

49 (19)

< 0.001

Sex (male), %

47.4

50.9

47.9

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Non-Hispanic white

46.2

38.8

45.2

 Non-Hispanic black

21.3

24.8

21.8

 Mexican American

21.8

24.1

22.1

 Other

10.8

12.2

11.0

 Triglyceride, mg/dL, mean (SD)

130 (97)

186 (192)

137 (117)

< 0.001

 PG, mg/dL, mean (SD)

96 (10)

156 (63)

104 (33)

< 0.001

 HbA_1c, %, mean (SD)

5.3 (0.4)

7.3 (1.8)

5.6 (1.0)

< 0.001

 Insulin, μU/mL, mean (SD)

11.1 (8.4)

18.5 (22.8)

12.1 (11.8)

< 0.001

 HOMA-IR, mean (SD)

2.7 (2.2)

7.2 (9.8)

3.3 (4.5)

< 0.001

 CRP, mg/dL, mean (SD)

0.44 (0.79)

0.65 (1.01)

0.47 (0.83)

< 0.001

< 0.001

 Underweight

1.8

0.7

1.6

 Normal

34.5

14.6

31.7

 Overweight

34.8

31.3

34.3

 Obese

28.0

51.4

31.3

 Unknown

0.9

2.0

1.1

< 0.001

  < 130%

27.8

33.5

28.6

 130–349%

36.8

38.0

37.0

  ≥ 350%

27.2

18.9

26.1

 Unknown

8.1

9.5

8.3

< 0.001

  < High School

30.5

43.9

32.3

 High School

26.0

24.1

25.7

  > High School

43.5

32.0

41.9

< 0.001

 Inactive

27.5

19.1

26.4

 Insufficiently active

38.3

30.3

37.2

 Active

34.2

50.6

36.5

< 0.001

 0 drink/week

16.3

27.3

17.8

  < 1 drink/week

22.8

20.3

22.5

 1–6 drinks/week

21.5

11.6

20.2

  ≥ 7 drinks/week

13.5

8.9

12.8

 Unknown

25.8

31.9

26.7

< 0.001

 Past smoker

23.3

17.5

22.5

 Current smoker

23.6

35.0

25.2

 Unknown

53.1

47.5

52.3

 Hypercholesterolemia, %

32.1

53.6

35.1

< 0.001

 Hypertension, %

34.3

69.5

39.1

< 0.001

 Diabetes, %

0

100

13.8

NA

 Family history of diabetes, %

40.6

61.9

43.5

< 0.001

 Use of lipid-lowering drugs, %

8.3

30.2

11.3

< 0.001