Table 1. Characteristics of Participants According to Quintile Groups of Non-High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol at baseline.
|
Quintile*
|
P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q5 | ||
| Median non-HDLC, mg/dl | 87.0 | 112.5 | 130.3 | 149.3 | 179.8 | <0.01 |
| Number of persons | 19180 | 19230 | 19083 | 19235 | 19188 | <0.01 |
| Male,% | 79.3 | 78.0 | 79.6 | 80.3 | 80.9 | <0.01 |
| Age, year | 51.0 | 51.2 | 51.3 | 51.8 | 52.3 | <0.01 |
| Smoking,% | ||||||
| never | 63.7 | 64.1 | 62.1 | 57.3 | 55.3 | <0.01 |
| former | 5.2 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.0 | <0.01 |
| occasional | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.5 | <0.01 |
| daily | 27.3 | 27.7 | 29.4 | 33.4 | 35.4 | <0.01 |
| Drinking,% | ||||||
| never | 61.4 | 62.5 | 61.4 | 56.0 | 54.6 | <0.01 |
| former | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.7 | <0.01 |
| occasional | 19.3 | 19.1 | 18.9 | 20.7 | 19.4 | <0.01 |
| daily | 15.8 | 15.3 | 16.4 | 19.6 | 22.4 | <0.01 |
| Physical activity,% | ||||||
| inactive | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 9.7 | 10.5 | <0.01 |
| moderate | 79.7 | 78.5 | 78.1 | 74.2 | 71.2 | <0.01 |
| very | 12.9 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 16.1 | 18.3 | <0.01 |
| Education,% | ||||||
| illiteracy or primary school | 10.5 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 11.8 | <0.01 |
| middle school | 80.5 | 83.5 | 84.6 | 83.3 | 82.6 | <0.01 |
| ≥college | 9.0 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 5.6 | <0.01 |
| Hypertension,% | 40.6 | 40.8 | 43.4 | 44.7 | 49.5 | <0.01 |
| Diabetes,% | 7.3 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 9.8 | 13.5 | <0.01 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 24.1 | 24.5 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 25.5 | <0.01 |
| Systolic blood pressure, mmHg | 125.0 | 126.7 | 129.3 | 130.0 | 130.0 | <0.01 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mmHg | 80.0 | 80.0 | 80.0 | 80.7 | 82.0 | <0.01 |
| Fasting blood glucose, mg/dl | 89.6 | 90.5 | 91.9 | 93.5 | 95.9 | <0.01 |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dl | 146.2 | 170.5 | 189.1 | 206.9 | 239.8 | <0.01 |
| HDLC, mg/dl | 61.5 | 58.4 | 58.0 | 56.5 | 56.8 | <0.01 |
| Triglyceride, mg/dl | 95.7 | 78.0 | 79.6 | 80.3 | 80.9 | <0.01 |
Abbreviation: HDLC = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
*
Q1 represents the lowest fifth of the data (1-20%), Q2 represents the second lowest fifth (21-40%), Q3 represents the middle fifth (41-60%), Q4 represents the second highest fifth (61-80%), and Q5 represents the highest fifth (81-100%).