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Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2014 Feb 20;34(5):1069–1077. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.114.303284

Table 2.

Adjusted means±SE or proportions±SE of cardiovascular risk factors by quartiles of sdLDL-C and p-value for trend across quartiles, adjusted for age, race, and gender.*

Characteristic	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	P-trend
Age, years*	62.77±0.106	62.95±0.106	62.80±0.106	62.79±0.106	0.8500
Male, %*	0.40±0.038	0.42±0.038	0.49±0.038	0.45±0.038	<.0001
African American, %*	0.30±0.041	0.23±0.044	0.19±0.048	0.14±0.055	<.0001
Total cholesterol, mg/dL	172.08±0.557	194.61±0.556	207.09±0.558	229.94±0.559	<.0001
Triglycerides, mg/dL	91.70±1.370	116.20±1.368	154.69±1.373	213.49±1.374	<.0001
LDL-C, mg/dL	97.55±0.537	119.30±0.537	129.36±0.542	145.64±0.551	<.0001
HDL-C, mg/dL	56.16±0.271	52.37±0.271	47.85±0.272	43.47±0.272	<.0001
BMI, kg/m²	27.80±0.103	28.46±0.103	29.20±0.103	29.79±0.103	<.0001
Smoking, %	59±4.0	62±4.0	57±3.9	58±4.0	0.1125
Diabetes, %	11.0±5.8	13.0±5.6	17.0±5.1	23.0±4.6	<.0001
Hypertensive, %	40.0±4.0	46.0±3.9	51.0±3.9	54.0±3.9	<.0001
Statin use, %	9.0±6.7	11.0±6.0	12.0±5.8	12.0±5.7	<.0001
Metabolic syndrome, %	23.0±4.5	33.0±4.0	50.0±3.8	73.0±4.3	<.0001
log hs-CRP	0.75±0.020	0.84±0.020	0.94±0.020	1.05±0.021	<.0001

BMI: body mass index; HDL-C: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; hs-CRP: high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.