Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of Participants According to Fasting Status^*

	Fasting N=19,983	Nonfasting N=6,347	P Value
Age, mean (SD), y	55.0 (7.2)	53.8 (6.6)	<0.001
Current smoking, %	11.7	11.1	0.19
Hypertension, %	26.0	22.5	<0.001
Diabetes, %	2.6	3.1	0.03
Postmenopausal status, %	55.6	50.8	<0.001
Postmenopausal hormone use, %	43.6	44.2	0.34
Body mass index, mean (SD), kg/m²	25.9 (5.0)	25.9 (5.0)	0.72
Lipid Concentrations, median (25^th to 75^th percentile), mg/dL
Total cholesterol	209 (185−236)	206 (181−234)	<0.001
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol	123 (102−146)	117 (97−140)	<0.001
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol	52 (43−62)	52 (43−62)	0.25
Triglycerides	115 (81−169)	133 (93−196)	<0.001
Apolipoprotein Concentrations, median (25^th to 75^th percentile), mg/dL
Apolipoprotein B₁₀₀	103 (85−122)	98 (82−118)	<0.001
Apolipoprotein A-1	149 (133−168)	150 (132−169)	0.68
Combined Lipid Measures, median (25^th to 75^th percentile)
Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL	155 (130−183)	152 (127−181)	<0.001
Total/high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio	4.0 (3.2−4.9)	3.9 (3.2−4.9)	0.03
Apolipoprotein B₁₀₀/A-1 ratio	0.68 (0.54−0.85)	0.66 (0.52−0.82)	<0.001

Fasting defined as ≥8 hours time since last meal.

P values were obtained from student's t-tests for continuous variables expressed as means, from Kruskal-Wallis tests for variables expressed as medians, and chi-square tests for categorical variables.