Table 3.

Association between RC and hypertension, T2DM, and their coexistence when TC, LDL-C and HDL-C are at normal levels in NHANES 2005–2018 (N = 17,749)

	TC < 5.18mmol/L		LDL-C < 3.37mmol/L		HDL-C ≥ 1.04mmol/L
	OR (95%CI)	P value	OR (95%CI)	P value	OR (95%CI)	P value
Hypertension	2.085(1.565,2.777)	<0.001	1.984(1.572,2.504)	<0.001	1.797(1.440,2.241)	<0.001
T2DM	2.481(1.920,3.206)	<0.001	2.169(1.703,2.763)	<0.001	2.431(1.828,3.232)	<0.001
Hypertension & T2DM	3.186(2.319,4.376)	<0.001	2.590(1.957,3.428)	<0.001	2.412(1.813,3.209)	<0.001

Notes: Adjusted by age, sex, race, education, marital status, PIR, smoking, alcohol, BMI levels, HEI, DII, and waist

Abbreviations: T2DM Type 2 diabetes, RC Remnant cholesterol, TC Total cholesterol, LDL-C Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C High-density lipoprotein cholesterol, OR Odds ratio, CI Confidence interval