Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of GOLDN study population.
| Men | Women | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal Triglyceridemic (n = 317) | Hyper-Triglyceridemic (n = 185) | p-value | Normal Triglyceridemic (n = 390) | Hyper-Triglyceridemic (n = 156) | p-value | |
| Age, y | 47.6 (17.2) | 52.6 (14.5) | 0.001 | 45.8 (16.4) | 55.5 (14.7) | < 0.0001 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 27.5 (4.9) | 30.1 (4.3) | < .0001 | 26.9 (6.0) | 31.2 (6.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Waist, cm | 97.9 (16.1) | 105.3 (11.5) | < .0001 | 89.6 (16.6) | 102.0 (16.0) | < 0.0001 |
| Hypertension, % | 22.5 | 36.2 | 0.0009 | 19.7 | 36.5 | < 0.0001 |
| Diabetes, % | 4.7 | 10.3 | 0.0164 | 5.4 | 18.6 | < 0.0001 |
| Insulin, mU/L | 12.3 (7.0) | 17.5 (9.8) | < .0001 | 11.7 (6.5) | 18.0 (9.4) | < 0.0001 |
| Glucose, mg/dL | 101.6 (14.3) | 110.6 (23.6) | < .0001 | 95.3 (14.3) | 104.9 (18.1) | < 0.0001 |
| Current smoker, % | 6.9 | 8.1 | 0.629 | 7.7 | 5.8 | 0.4264 |
| LDL-C, mg/dL | 119.7 (29.3) | 130.0 (29.8) | 0.0002 | 112.8 (29.1) | 137.6 (32.6) | < 0.0001 |
| HDL-C, mg/dL | 44.5 (9.5) | 36.2 (7.5) | < .0001 | 54.4 (13.7) | 46.2 (11.8) | < 0.0001 |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 92.9 (29.2) | 244.0 (101.1) | < .0001 | 87.9 (31.6) | 227.9 (78.0) | < 0.0001 |
HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C = low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.