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. 2014 May 7;9(5):e93795. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093795

Table 1. Clinical characteristics.

Overall Men Women P
Number of subjects 10,253,085 5,760,643 (56.18) 4,492,442 (43.82) <0.001
Age (years) 46.86±13.83 45.12±13.40 49.10±14.05 <0.001
Hypertension (%) 238,989 (2.33) 123,447 (2.14) 115,542 (2.57) <0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.88±3.23 24.28±3.07 23.46±3.36 <0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 80.67±9.02 83.80±7.83 76.66±8.84 <0.001
TC (mg/dL) 195.84±35.82 194.43±35.08 197.52±36.67 <0.001
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 114.74±33.02 113.41±32.48 116.45±33.62 <0.001
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 132.71±72.26 146.52±77.92 115.01±59.78 <0.001
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 54.66±13.45 51.99±12.62 58.07±13.70 <0.001
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 122.65±14.71 124.50±13.76 120.08±15.49 <0.001
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 76.44±9.89 77.97±9.58 74.48±9.93 <0.001
Fasting glucose (mg/dL) 95.81±18.40 97.27±19.92 93.92±16.04 <0.001
eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2) 90.02±19.64 91.19±19.24 90.81±20.14 <0.001
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 0.96±0.71 1.06±0.75 0.82±0.62 <0.001
Proteinuria (%) 202,928 (1.98) 113,838 (1.98) 89,090 (1.98) 0.426
eGFR<60 mL/min/1.73 m2 (%) 459,032 (4.48) 213,207 (3.70) 245,825 (5.47) <0.001
Chronic kidney disease (%) 630,420 (6.15) 309,360 (5.37) 321,060 (7.15) <0.001
Metabolic syndrome (%) 2,281,675 (22.25) 1,270,105 (22.05) 1,011,570 (22.52) <0.001
Individual component (%)
Abdominal obesity 2,868,480 (27.98) 1,266,208 (21.98) 1,602,272 (35.67) <0.001
Hypertriglyceridemia 3,085,216 (30.09) 2,163,829 (37.56) 921,387 (20.51) <0.001
Low HDL cholesterol 2,023,489 (19.74) 786,802 (13.66) 1,236,687 (27.53) <0.001
High blood pressure 4,454,799 (43.45) 2,757,750 (47.87) 1,697,049 (37.78) <0.001
High fasting glucose 3,120,707 (30.44) 1,963,828 (34.09) 1,156,879 (25.75) <0.001

Abbreviations: TC, total cholesterol; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate.