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. 2017 Jul 19;6(7):e005897. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.005897

Table 2.

Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population at Baseline Stratified by Change in Waist Circumference (N=1259)

Variable >10% Weight Loss (N=193) 5% to 10% Weight Loss (N=209) <5% Weight Change (N=578) 5% to 10% Weight Gain (N=144) >10% Weight Gain (N=135) P Trend
Weight, kg 84.7 (73.5, 99.3) 82.3 (70.0, 95.5) 81.1 (69.0, 93.0) 76.2 (65.21, 88.4) 69.8 (59.4, 80.0) <0.0001
Age, y 45 (37, 51) 45 (38, 53) 44 (37, 52) 41 (35, 48) 40.(33, 48) <0.0001
Male, % 35.75 43.06 51.73 37.50 22.96 0.1804
Race/ethnicity, %
White 33.7 37.807 41.007 40.3 35.6 0.3832
Black 52.3 46.9 40.8 42.4 44.4 0.0401
Hispanic 11.4 13.4 15.7 16.0 17.8 0.0724
Hypertension, % 33.5 32.8 26.0 21.7 13.4 <0.0001
Diabetes mellitus, % 12.4 9.1 7.1 4.9 3.0 0.0004
Hypercholesterolemia, % 15.0 8.6 11.8 10.4 9.6 0.3505
Current smoker, % 26.4 18.7 21.7 19.4 32.6 0.4348
Heart rate, bpm 76.3 (69.9, 83.3) 75.0 (66.3, 82.7) 74.7 (66.0, 81.7) 73.5 (65.3, 80.7) 74.3 (66.7, 83.0) 0.0520
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg 126.3 (114.3, 133.3) 127.0 (115.3, 138.7) 122.5 (114.0, 130.7) 121.8 (112.3, 133.0) 116.0 (108.3, 123.7) <0.0001
Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg 78.3 (72.0, 84.7) 78.3 (73.3, 86.3) 77.0 (71.0, 82.3) 77.0 (70.3, 81.5) 73.7 (67.3, 79.3) <0.0001
Mean arterial pressure, mm Hg 94.7 (85.6, 100.6) 95.0 (87.4, 104.0) 92.1 (85.4, 98.4) 91.7 (85.2, 97.9) 87.6 (81.4, 93.9) <0.0001
Triglycerides, mg/dL 104.0 (71.0, 146.0) 98.0 (68.0, 159.0) 99.0 (67.0, 151.0) 86.0 (60.0, 128.0) 71.0 (54.0, 103.0) <0.0001
High‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL 48.0 (39.0, 58.0) 46.0 (41.0, 58.0) 47.0 (40.0, 58.0) 48.0 (40.0, 59.5) 56.0 (46.0, 65.0) 0.0010
Triglyceride/high‐density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio 2.1 (1.30, 3.3) 2.1 (1.31, 3.7) 2.1 (1.3, 3.4) 1.8 (1.1, 2.9) 1.2 (0.9, 2.1) <0.0001
Low‐density lipoprotein cholesterol, mg/dL 114.0 (86.0, 133.0) 108.0 (88.0, 129.0) 107.0 (85.0, 130.0) 101.0 (81.0, 122.0) 97.0 (74.0, 122.0) 0.0011
Total cholesterol, mg/dL 187.0 (157.0, 209.0) 182.0 (161.0, 204.0) 179.0 (157.0, 206.0) 171.5 (152.0, 197.0) 171.0 (149.0, 198.0) 0.0002
Glucose, mg/dL 93.0 (86.0, 102.0) 92.0 (86.0, 102.0) 92.0 (84.0, 100.0) 92.0 (85.0, 98.0) 87.0 (81.0, 93.0) <0.0001
Insulin, μU/mL 13.1 (8.0, 20.2) 12.0 (7.2, 19.3) 11.3 (6.9, 18.0) 10.5 (6.9, 18.3) 7.3 (5.3, 11.3) <0.0001
HOMA‐IR 3.4 (1.7, 5.2) 2.7 (1.6, 4.5) 2.6 (1.5, 4.3) 2.3 (1.5, 4.3) 1.5 (1.1, 2.7) <0.0001
N‐Terminal pro B‐type natriuretic peptide, pg/mL 27.0 (13.2, 62.3) 26.1 (10.1, 51.6) 24.9 (12.1, 55.2) 28.2 (13.2, 55.0) 30.4 (15.5, 62.7) 0.5634
High‐sensitivity C‐reactive protein, mg/L 3.3 (1.7, 7.6) 2.6 (1.1, 5.4) 2.2 (0.9, 5.1) 2.2 (0.9, 5.0) 1.5 (0.6, 3.1) <0.0001
High‐sensitivity troponin, ng/L 1.5 (1.5, 1.5) 1.5 (1.5, 3.1) 1.5 (1.5, 3.1) 1.5 (1.5, 1.5) 1.5 (1.5, 1.5) 0.1146
Adiposity measures
Body mass index, kg/m2 30.2 (26.1, 35.7) 28.7 (25.5, 32.9) 28.1 (24.8, 32.2) 27.6 (24.2, 31.6) 25.0 (23.0, 28.2) <0.0001
Waist circumference, cm 100.0 (91.5, 112.0) 99.0 (90.0, 108.0) 95.0 (87.5, 104.0) 90.3 (81.5, 100.5) 82 (74.5, 89.5) <0.0001
Waist/hip ratio 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 0.9 (0.9, 1.0) 0.9 (0.8, 1.0) 0.9 (0.8, 0.9) 0.8 (0.8, 0.9) <0.0001
Index of central obesity 0.6 (0.5, 0.7) 0.6 (0.5, 0.6) 0.6 (0.5, 0.6) 0.5 (0.5, 0.6) 0.5 (0.5, 0.5) <0.0001
Visceral adiposity index 210.6 (121.9, 346.0) 187.7 (107.7, 324.8) 172.9 (102.6, 293.3) 155.1 (82.0, 287.8) 114.(74.7, 174.9) <0.0001
Cardiac MRI measures
LV mass/allometric height, g/m2.7 32.8 (27.6, 38.3) 31.0 (26.1, 36.8) 31.1 (26.5, 35.6) 30.6 (26.0, 35.4) 28.5 (25.0, 33.6) <0.0001
LV end‐diastolic volume/allometric height, mL/m2.7 30.0 (26.1, 34.3) 28.4 (25.4, 32.8) 28.9 (25.2, 32.4) 29.5 (26.0, 32.5) 28.7 (25.2, 32.2) 0.1044
LV wall thickness, mm 7.7 (6.6, 8.8) 7.8 (6.7, 8.7) 7.6 (6.6, 8.6) 7.5 (6.4, 8.4) 7.0 (6.2, 8.1) 0.0003
Concentricity, g/mL 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 1.1 (0.9, 1.3) 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 1.1 (0.9, 1.2) 0.0026
Stroke volume, mL 81.8 (72.6, 91.4) 79.6 (71.7, 88.8) 81.6 (70.9, 91.0) 80.8 (70.1, 89.1) 76.6 (67.3, 85.6) 0.0192
Ejection fraction, % 0.7 (0.6, 0.7) 0.7 (0.7, 0.7) 0.7 (0.6, 0.7) 0.7 (0.6, 0.7) 0.7 (0.7, 0.7) 0.6862

Values presented as median (25%,75%) or percentiles as appropriate. HOMA‐IR indicates homeostatic model assessment‐insulin resistance; LV, left ventricular; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.