Table 1.
Clinical parameters of the study participants (n = 62,441)
| Variables | Mean ± SD, median (interquartile range), or n (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 35,275 (56.5%) |
| Female | 27,166 (43.5%) |
| Age (years) | 47.42 ± 14.83 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 25.04 ± 3.32 |
| Normal | 24,881 (39.8%) |
| Overweight | 26,430 (42.4%) |
| Obese | 11,130 (17.8%) |
| Smoking | |
| never moking | 39,370 (63.1%) |
| current smoking | 8798 (14.1%) |
| Heavy smokers(≥20 cigarettes/day) | 2329 (3.7%) |
| former smoking | 14,273 (22.9%) |
| Systolic pressure (mmHg) | 123.94 ± 17.32 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 75.02 ± 11.62 |
| Fasting blood glucose (mmol/L) | 5.58 ± 1.35 |
| Glutamate-pyruvate transaminase (IU/L) | 19.48 (13.83–29.25) |
| Log glutamate-pyruvate transaminase | 1.32 ± 0.25 |
| Glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase (IU/L) | 19.97 (16.89–24.28) |
| Log glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase | 1.32 ± 0.14 |
| Urea nitrogen (mmol/L) | 4.79 ± 1.27 |
| Serum creatinine (µmol/L) | 71.86 ± 18.59 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/L) | 4.71 ± 0.95 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 1.68 ± 1.22 |
| High-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (mmol/L) | 1.25 ± 0.28 |
| Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (mmol/L) | 2.94 ± 0.70 |
| Peripheral blood Eosinophils | |
| Percentage (%) | 2.02 ± 1.46 |
| Count (× 109/L) | 0.10 (0.06–0.16) |
| Log eosinophil count | −1.12 ± 0.57 |
SD, standard deviation