Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study subjects
| Characteristics | Mean (SD)/Frequency (%) | F/χ2 | P value | ||
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| Relative-unlost (n = 521) | Relative-lost (n = 509) | Control (n = 521) | |||
| Age (years) | 45 ± 7 | 45 ± 8 | 46 ± 8 | 2.046 | 0.130 |
| Gender | 35.034 | < 0.0001 | |||
| Female | 166 (31.9%) | 172 (33.8%) | 97 (18.6%) | ||
| Male | 97 (18.6%) | 337 (66.2%) | 42 (81.4%) | ||
| Education | 36.273 | < 0.0001 | |||
| Primary school | 33 (6.3%) | 24 (4.7%) | 26 (4.9%) | ||
| Middle school | 305 (58.5%) | 342 (67.2 %) | 315 (60.4%) | ||
| High school | 118 (22.6%) | 108 (21.2%) | 87 (17.0%) | ||
| Undergraduate and above | 62 (11.9%) | 34 (6.6%) | 91 (17.4%) | ||
| Waist (cm) | 84.6 ± 10.2 | 84.9 ± 10.1 | 85.8 ± 10.3 | 2.045 | 0.130 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 24.7 ± 3.5 | 24.8 ± 3.5 | 25.0 ± 3.2 | 1.092 | 0.336 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 120.4 ± 17.7 | 121.2 ± 19.1 | 122.4 ± 17.9 | 1.575 | 0.207 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 78.2 ± 9.8 | 78.7 ± 10.7 | 79.8 ± 10.5 | 3.312 | 0.037 |
| Family history of diabetes | 0.411 | 0.663 | |||
| Yes | 43(8.2%) | 35 (6.9%) | 37 (7.1%) | ||
| No | 478 (91.8%) | 474 (93.1%) | 484 (92.9%) | ||
| Smoker | 0.078 | 0.962 | |||
| Yes | 277 (53.1%) | 272 (53.4%) | 274 (52.6%) | ||
| No | 244 (46.8%) | 237 (46.6%) | 247 (47.4%) | ||
| Alcohol consumption | 9.261 | 0.159 | |||
| Never | 207 (39.7%) | 207 (40.7 %) | 185 (35.5%) | ||
| Used to | 22 (4.2%) | 18 (3.5%) | 18 (3.5%) | ||
| Occasionally | 189 (36.3%) | 158 (31.0%) | 185 (35.5%) | ||
| Daily | 103 (19.8%) | 126 (24.8%) | 133 (25.5 %) | ||
| Exercise | 4.399 | 0.355 | |||
| Yes | 473 (90.8%) | 472 (92.7%) | 480 (92.1%) | ||
| No | 48 (9.2%) | 37 (7.3%) | 41 (7.9%) | ||
| LgTGa | 44.59 ± 8.70 | 44.61 ± 7.68 | 43.58 ± 7.72 | 3.065 | 0.252 |
| TC (mmol/L)b | 5.12 ± 0.97 | 5.09 ± 0.87 | 5.00 ± 1.19 | 2.050 | 0.129 |
| LDL-C (mmol/L)c | 2.15 ± 0.57 | 2.15 ± 0.56 | 2.25 ± 0.62 | 5.065 | 0.006 |
| HDL-C (mmol/L)d | 1.54 ± 0.35 | 1.57 ± 0.37 | 1.54 ± 0.39 | 0.909 | 0.403 |
a
Logarithm of triglyceride;
b
Total cholesterol;
c
low-density lipoprotein cholesterol;
d
high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.