Table I.

General characteristics

Variables	Value
N	420
Age [years]	42.6 ±13.5
Male, n (%)	276 (65.7)
Current smoking, n (%)	117 (27.9)
SBP [mm Hg]	130 ±9
DBP [mm Hg]	85 ±4
Heart rate [bpm]	76 ±12
Total cholesterol [mmol/l]	4.9 ±1.1
Triglyceride [mmol/l]	1.8 ±0.6
LDL-C [mmol/l]	3.1 ±0.7
HDL-C [mmol/l]	1.3 ±0.4
FPG [mmol/l]	5.9 ±0.4
Creatinine [µmol/l]	73.3 ±14.2
ALB/Cr ratio [µg/mg]	26.7 ±11.5
IVS [mm]	10.4 ±1.9
LVPW [mm]	10.5 ±1.7
Left ventricular hypertrophy, n (%)	49 (11.7)
Albuminuria, n (%)	36 (8.6)
Dyslipidemia, n (%)	52 (12.4)
Aspirin, n (%)	33 (7.9)
Statins, n (%)	45 (10.7)
cf-PWV [m/s]	9.2 ±1.0
Arterial stiffness, n (%)	37 (8.8)

SBP – systolic blood pressure, DBP – diastolic blood pressure, LDL-C – low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, HDL-C – high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, FPG – fasting plasma glucose, ALB/Cr – albumin/creatinine, IVS – interventricular septal, LVPW – left ventricular posterior wall, cf-PWV – carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity.