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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of participants

From: Association between combined exposure to plasma heavy metals and dyslipidemia in a chinese population

 

Total(n = 3544)

Nondyslipidemia

Dyslipidemia

P

Sex

   

0.25a

  Male

1330 (37.5)

819 (36.8)

511 (38.7)

 

  Female

2214 (62.5)

1406 (63.2)

808 (61.3)

 

Age

57.51 ± 12.10

56.70 ± 12.69

58.88 ± 10.89

< 0.01a

  < 60years

1770 (49.9)

1168 (52.5)

602 (45.6)

< 0.01b

  ≥ 60years

1774 (50.1)

1057 (47.5)

717 (54.4)

 

Ethnicity

   

< 0.01b

  Han

715 (20.2)

403 (18.1)

312 (23.7)

 

  Yao

2654 (74.9)

1701 (76.4)

953 (72.3)

 

  other

175 (4.9)

121 (5.4)

54 (4.1)

 

Education

   

0.74b

  ≤ 6years

2274 (64.2)

1423 (64.0)

851 (64.5)

 

  > 6years

1270 (35.8)

802 (36.0)

468 (35.5)

 

Smoking status

   

0.50b

  Yes

649 (18.3)

400 (18.0)

249 (18.9)

 

  No

2895 (81.7)

1825 (82.0)

1070 (81.1)

 

Drinking status

   

0.46b

  Yes

1129 (31,9)

699 (31.4)

430 (32.6)

 

  No

2415 (68.1)

1526 (68.6)

889 (67.4)

 

Hypertension

   

< 0.01b

  Yes

1622 (45.8)

897 (40.3)

725 (55.0)

 

  No

1922 (54.2)

1328 (59.7)

594 (45.0)

 

Hyperglycemia

4.96 ± 1.29

4.85 ± 1.21

5.14 ± 1.41

< 0.01b

  Yes

177 (5.0)

82 (3.7)

95 (7.2)

 

  No

3367 (95.0)

2143 (96.3)

1224 (92.8)

 

BMI kg/m 2

22.7 ± 3.30

22.16 ± 3.09

23.62 ± 3.44

< 0.01a

  < 23

2065 (58.3)

1463 (65.8)

602 (45.6)

< 0.01b

  23-27.5

1195 (37.7)

641 (28.8)

554 (42.0)

 

  ≥ 27.5

284 (8.0)

121 (5.4)

163 (12.4)

 
  1. Data are presented as n (%), mean ± SD or median quartile (IQR)
  2. aCalculated using the chi-square test; bCalculated using the rank sum test