Table 1. The demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants.
| Characteristics | Normal weight (n=397) | Overweight (n=400) | P |
| Men/women (n/n) | 242/155 | 297/103 | - |
| Age (years) | 56.00±11.51 | 56.72±9.95 | 0.351 |
| Family history of premature CAD, n(%) | 29(7) | 37(9) | 0.314 |
| Ever smoked [n(%)] | 156(42) | 179(45) | 0.113 |
| History of DM [n(%)] | 36(9) | 60(15) | 0.011 |
| History of hypertension [n(%)] | 54(14) | 87(22) | - |
| CHD [n(%)] | 161(41) | 236(66) | - |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.63±1.67 | 26.78±2.29 | < 0.001 |
| WHR | 0.90±0.08 | 0.94±0.09 | < 0.001 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 123.66±18.70 | 130.15±19.01 | < 0.001 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 77.56±11.40 | 81.04±11.81 | < 0.001 |
| FG (mmol/L) | 6.21±2.59 | 7.09±2.89 | < 0.001 |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.44±0.85 | 1.93±1.19 | < 0.001 |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.09±0.99 | 4.26±1.06 | 0.020 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.39±0.72 | 2.56±0.75 | 0.001 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.21±0.31 | 1.10±0.26 | < 0.001 |
| ApoB (mg/L) | 0.78±0.23 | 0.83±0.27 | < 0.001 |
| ApoA1 (mg/L) | 1.08±0.22 | 1.04±0.20 | 0.016 |
| ApoB/ApoA1 | 0.75±0.25 | 0.83±0.27 | < 0.001 |
| hs-CRP | 0.71(0.58∼0.89) | 3.2(2.0∼7.9) | 0.001 |
CAD: coronary artery disease; DM: diabettes mellitus;CHD: coronary heart disease; BMI: body mass index; WHR: waist hip ratio; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; FG: fasting glucose; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP: hypersensitivity C-reactive protein.