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. 2014 Nov 4;47(6):317–326. doi: 10.3961/jpmph.14.028

Supplemental Table 1.

Comparison between excluded and included participants

Characteristics Excluded (n=6507) Included (n=14 906) p-value1
Age (y) 46.0±10.1 44.6±7.7 <0.001
Body mass index (kg/m2) 23.8±2.5 23.9±2.5 0.001
Waist circumference (cm) 82.7±7.3 82.7±6.9 0.75
Systolic BP (mmHg) 112.9±13.9 111.6±13.3 <0.001
Diastolic BP (mmHg) 77.4±9.2 76.9±9.0 0.003
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 192.9±31.8 193.3±30.9 0.49
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 130.2±76.1 128.6±67.8 0.13
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 52.1±10.5 51.9±10.4 0.13
LDL-cholesterol (mg/dL) 113.3±26.9 113.8±26.3 0.17
Fasting serum glucose (mg/dL) 97.5±17.5 96.4±13.9 <0.001
HOMA-IR 2.03±0.91 2.03±0.84 0.96
Insulin (μU/dL) 8.4±3.4 8.5±3.1 0.07
Serum creatinine (mg/dL) 1.12±0.16 1.13±0.15 0.01
eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m2) 79.4±10.6 79.5±9.8 0.42
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 25.4±12.1 25.2±15.6 0.55
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 28.2±19.0 28.5±23.3 0.47
γ-glutamyltransferase 39.8±47.4 38.0±36.9 0.008
hsCRP (mg/L) 0.14±0.41 1.13±0.38 0.06
Current smoker (%) 44.0 39.5 <0.001
Alcohol intake (%) 17.4 13.2 <0.001
Regular exercise (%) 18.5 19.4 0.14
Diabetes mellitus (%) 4.1 2.9 <0.001
Hypertension (%) 17.3 14.3 < 0.001

Values are presented as means±standard deviation, or percentages.

BP, blood pressure; HDL, high-density lipoprotein; LDL, low-density lipoprotein; HOMA-IR, homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; hsCRP, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein.

1

p-value by ANOVA-test for continuous variables and chi square test for categorical variables.