Table 1. Baseline characteristics of 4304 males and 4314 females, stratified by quartiles of hsCRP*.
| hsCRP quartiles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | P value | |
| N | 4304 | 502 | 1263 | 1254 | 1285 | |
| 4314 | 708 | 2273 | 804 | 528 | ||
| hsCRP (mg/L) | 0-25.9 | 0-0.1 | 0.2-0.4 | 0.5-0.8 | 0.9-25.9 | |
| 0-28.4 | 0-0.1 | 0.2-0.6 | 0.7-1.2 | 1.3-28.4 | ||
| Age (years) | 40.92±14.55 | 38.20±11.32 | 38.63±12.39 | 40.81±14.29 | 44.35±17.02 | <0.01 |
| 37.24±10.52 | 34.62±8.36 | 36.24±9.61 | 40.12±11.93 | 40.64±12.64 | <0.01 | |
| BMI (kg/m2 | 22.63±2.55 | 22.23±2.61 | 22.16±2.48 | 22.78±2.42 | 23.12±2.63 | <0.01 |
| 20.72±2.30 | 20.30±2.20 | 20.42±2.11 | 21.18±2.28 | 21.86±2.67 | <0.01 | |
| Height (m) | 170.33±23.85 | 170.73±5.56 | 170.34±5.64 | 169.90±5.82 | 170.58±42.78 | <0.01 |
| 159.33±5.10 | 159.61±4.79 | 159.64±4.98 | 158.83±5.37 | 158.41±5.38 | <0.01 | |
| Weight (kg) | 65.44±8.27 | 64.85±8.73 | 64.30±7.91 | 65.77±7.98 | 66.45±8.58 | <0.01 |
| 52.60±6.29 | 51.74±6.28 | 52.06±6.01 | 53.42±6.26 | 54.84±6.89 | <0.01 | |
| SBP (mmHg) | 123.92±14.44 | 122.34±13.42 | 122.02±13.28 | 124.13±14.23 | 126.18±15.75 | <0.01 |
| 112.21±13.23 | 110.61±12.22 | 111.05±12.54 | 114.64±13.72 | 115.65±15.44 | <0.01 | |
| DBP (mmHg) | 76.77±10.21 | 76.22±9.76 | 75.98±9.70 | 76.93±10.54 | 77.60±10.48 | 0.88 |
| 69.37±9.29 | 68.25±8.79 | 68.66±8.90 | 71.24±9.66 | 71.13±10.29 | 0.88 | |
| HDL-C (mmol/L) | 1.31±0.29 | 1.30±0.29 | 1.33±0.28 | 1.31±0.28 | 1.29±0.29 | <0.01 |
| 1.53±0.32 | 1.56±0.31 | 1.54±0.32 | 1.51±0.32 | 1.49±0.31 | <0.01 | |
| LDL-C (mmol/L) | 2.63±0.64 | 2.53±0.61 | 2.58±0.61 | 2.64±0.65 | 2.70±0.65 | <0.01 |
| 2.39±0.62 | 2.30±0.59 | 2.35±0.59 | 2.46±0.64 | 2.59±0.68 | <0.01 | |
| TG (mmol/L) | 1.44±0.91 | 1.36±0.84 | 1.33±0.74 | 1.45±0.88 | 1.55±1.09 | <0.01 |
| 0.96±0.54 | 0.89±0.49 | 0.91±0.49 | 1.06±0.63 | 1.11±0.61 | <0.01 | |
| TC (mmol/L) | 4.58±0.85 | 4.45±0.81 | 4.52±0.81 | 4.61±0.87 | 4.66±0.87 | <0.01 |
| 4.48±0.85 | 4.38±0.81 | 4.42±0.82 | 4.58±0.87 | 4.71±0.93 | <0.01 | |
| Cr (μmol/L) | 93.04±14.60 | 91.42±11.34 | 92.38±12.74 | 92.76±15.46 | 94.58±16.34 | <0.01 |
| 67.11±14.18 | 66.76±8.47 | 66.76±8.48 | 67.30±8.98 | 68.78±33.37 | <0.01 | |
| UA (μmol/L) | 340.39±73.78 | 327.43±68.63 | 335.21±70.50 | 341.21±75.75 | 349.70±75.74 | <0.01 |
| 225.31±53.37 | 220.49±53.32 | 222.65±52.59 | 230.01±52.89 | 236.04±55.63 | <0.01 | |
| FPG (mmol/L) | 5.24±0.83 | 5.16±0.63 | 5.16±0.65 | 5.24±0.86 | 5.33±1.00 | <0.01 |
| 5.01±0.47 | 4.97±0.43 | 4.98±0.45 | 5.07±0.51 | 5.06±0.52 | <0.01 | |
| BUN (mmol/L) | 4.63±1.24 | 4.55±1.20 | 4.54±1.14 | 4.64±1.17 | 4.75±1.39 | <0.01 |
| 4.03±1.09 | 3.93±1.03 | 3.99±1.04 | 4.11±1.06 | 4.20±1.35 | <0.01 | |
| HB (g/L) | 147.79±10.00 | 148.79±9.42 | 148.09±9.30 | 147.81±10.17 | 147.08±10.65 | <0.01 |
| 126.38±9.80 | 125.88±9.65 | 126.29±9.83 | 126.49±9.81 | 127.31±9.86 | <0.01 | |
BMI = body mass index, BUN = blood urea nitrogen, Cr = creatinine, DBP = diastolic blood pressure, FPG = fasting plasma glucose, HB = hemoglobin, HDL-C = high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-C= low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, SBP = systolic blood pressure, TC = total cholesterol, TG = triglyceride, UA = uric acid.
*
In Table 1, the information of male was written in black and the information of female was written in red.