Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the participants of the METSIM study.
| Alive | Deceased | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | n | Mean ± SD | n | Mean ± SD | p |
| Age (years) | 8851 | 56.9 ± 6.9 | 1346 | 62.5 ± 6.5 | 2.0 × 10−161 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 8849 | 27.2 ± 4.0 | 1344 | 28.2 ± 5.0 | 3.1 × 10−15 |
| Waist (cm) | 8848 | 98.2 ± 11.1 | 1343 | 102.3 ± 11.5 | 3.4 × 10−31 |
| Smoking (%) * | 8851 | 16.8 | 1344 | 26.4 | 1.5 × 10−16 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 8851 | 137.5 ± 16.4 | 1345 | 143.3 ± 18.0 | 7.0 × 10−31 |
| Type 2 diabetes (%) * | 8851 | 11.9 | 1345 | 27.2 | 1.3 × 10−44 |
| LDLC (mmol/L) | 8847 | 3.34 ± 0.89 | 1346 | 3.10 ± 0.92 | 2.0 × 10−19 |
| Triglycerides (mmol/L) | 8850 | 1.45 ± 0.97 | 1346 | 1.58 ± 1.23 | 4.8 × 10−07 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/L) | 8851 | 5.92 ± 0.98 | 1346 | 6.30 ± 1.70 | 6.5 × 10−27 |
| hS-CRP (mg/L) | 8850 | 2.01 ± 4.27) | 1345 | 3.44 ± 5.62 | 2.5 × 10−43 |
| Creatinine (umol/L) | 8851 | 83.5 ± 13.4 | 1346 | 86.7 ± 24.5 | 5.1 × 10−8 |
| Urinary albumin excretion rate (ug/min) | 8740 | 17.7 ± 95.5 | 1311 | 69.1 ± 31.9 | 1.0 × 10−33 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) | 8850 | 88.7 ± 12.1 | 1345 | 83.4 ± 14.9 | 6.4 × 10−52 |
| ALT (U/L) | 8851 | 32.5 ± 21.2 | 1346 | 32.1 ± 22.0 | 0.562 |
* Chi-square test.