Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of participants

Variable	Non-gallstone (n = 3271)		Gallstone (n = 383)		P value
	Mean/%	SE	Mean/%	SE
Age, %					<0.0001
≤40 years	39.39	1.75	17.96	2.73
40-80 years	60.61	1.75	82.04	2.73
Sex, %					<0.0001
Male	52.28	1.22	24.95	3.72
Female	47.72	1.22	75.05	3.72
Race, %					0.0021
Mexican American	9.35	1.44	7.93	1.22
Non-Hispanic White	62.03	2.35	69.87	3.04
Non-Hispanic Black	11.83	1.58	5.25	0.93
Other Race	16.79	1.42	16.94	2.79
Marital status, %					0.0203
Married/Living with Partner	61.93	2.60	62.36	3.73
Widowed/Divorced/Separated	18.27	1.38	24.02	3.15
Never married	19.80	1.77	13.62	2.23
Education level, %					0.5121
Less than high school	10.87	0.72	9.50	2.18
High school graduate/GED or equivalent	26.07	1.44	29.83	2.96
More than high school	63.07	1.80	60.67	2.97
Smoking status, %					0.2526
Yes	42,87	1.06	47.33	4.25
No	57.13	1.06	52.67	4.25
Alcohol consumption, %					0.5372
Yes	12.07	1.10	15.58	4.05
No	78.70	1.21	74.92	3.39
Not recorded	9.23	1.09	9.50	1.68
Hypertension, %					0.0019
Yes	30.67	1.57	45.94	5.27
No	69.33	1.57	54.06	5.27
Diabetes, %					0.0006
Yes	10.21	0.94	18.36	1.92
No	87.77	1.03	78.12	2.14
Threshold value	2.03	0.34	3.52	1.46
Hypercholesterolemia, %					0.0034
Yes	33.99	1.06	46.98	4.35
No	66.01	1.06	53.02	4.35
Leisure-time physical activity, %					0.0020
Insufficient	58.55	2.06	72.85	3.69
Moderate	12.60	0.91	8.14	1.92
High	28.86	1.73	19.01	2.95
Fasting plasma glucose, mmol/L	6.04	0.06	6.51	0.09	0.0002
Height, cm	168.73	0.18	164.81	0.83	0.0001
TC, mmol/L	4.80	0.04	4.84	0.09	0.6075
HDL, mmol/L	1.39	0.02	1.39	0.03	0.9980
TG, mmol/L	1.24	0.03	1.36	0.06	0.0591
BMI	29.27	0.20	32.61	0.65	<0.0001
WC	99.61	0.51	107.07	1.48	<0.0001
BRI	5.43	0.07	6.84	0.23	<0.0001
RFM	34.96	0.22	41.50	0.73	<0.0001
AIP	0.24	0.01	0.29	0.02	0.0216
CMI	0.65	0.02	0.78	0.05	0.0129
LAP	50.18	1.36	67.74	3.94	<0.0001
VAI	1.54	0.04	2.03	0.11	0.0001
TyG	8.48	0.02	8.66	0.04	0.0004

TC, total cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; HDL-C, high density lipoprotein-C;