Table 2.
Participant metabolic characteristics
| Characteristic | Total | CMV status | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | |||
| n (%) | 1,103 (100) | 400 (36) | 703 (64) | |
| HbA1c (%) | 5.61 ± 0.01 | 5.64 ± 0.02 | 5.60 ± 0.01 | 0.047 |
| HbA1c (mmol/mol) | 37.84 ± 0.11 | 38.13 ± 0.18 | 37.67 ± 0.13 | 0.060 |
| Fasting glucose (mmol/l) | 4.82 ± 0.02 | 4.85 ± 0.03 | 4.80 ± 0.02 | 0.168 |
| Total cholesterol (mmol/l) | 5.25 ± 0.03 | 5.28 ± 0.05 | 5.24 ± 0.04 | 0.591 |
| LDL-C (mmol/l) | 3.20 ± 0.03 | 3.22 ± 0.04 | 3.19 ± 0.03 | 0.580 |
| HDL-C (mmol/l) | 1.40 ± 0.01 | 1.38 ± 0.02 | 1.41 ± 0.02 | 0.068 |
| LDL-C/HDL-C ratio | 2.47 ± 0.03 | 2.54 ± 0.05 | 2.42 ± 0.04 | 0.140 |
| Triacylglycerol (mmol/l) | 1.42 ± 0.03 | 1.47 ± 0.05 | 1.39 ± 0.03 | 0.145 |
| Diabetes classification (%) | – | – | – | 0.005 |
| Normal | 60.1 | 53.9 | 63.6 | – |
| Prediabetes | 36.6 | 41.9 | 33.7 | – |
| Diabetes | 3.3 | 4.3 | 2.7 | – |
| Metabolic syndrome (% yes) | 26.3 | 28.0 | 25.3 | 0.368 |
| Waist circumference (% yes) | 52.1 | 54.0 | 51.0 | 0.387 |
| Triacylglycerol (% yes) | 31.8 | 35.0 | 30.0 | 0.101 |
| HDL-C (% yes) | 17.7 | 21.0 | 15.8 | 0.036 |
| BP (% yes) | 52.5 | 49.5 | 54.2 | 0.150 |
| Fasting glucose (% yes) | 10.0 | 11.0 | 9.4 | 0.442 |
| BMI, (kg/m2) | 24.46 ± 4.10 | 24.46 ± 4.13 | 24.46 ± 3.98 | 0.929 |
| WHR | 0.90 ± 0.08 | 0.90 ± 0.08 | 0.90 ± 0.07 | 0.190 |
All are unadjusted comparisons of participant metabolic characteristics: a Student’s t test was performed for continuous variables and a χ 2 test for categorical variables. HDL-C is natural log-transformed, LDL-C is square root-transformed and total cholesterol is square root-transformed
Values are means ± SD unless otherwise stated