Table 1.

Baseline Characteristics of the Participants

BMI, body mass index; HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure.

Data are summarized as a mean ± SD, a median (5 - 95%) or n (%).

^*t-test was performed between men and women after logarithmic transformation.

^†SBP ≥ 140 or DBP ≥ 90 or previously diagnosed hypertension.

^‡Total cholesterol ≥ 240 or LDL-C ≥ 160 or HDL-C < 40 or specific treatment for lipid abnormality.