Table 5. Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the study population with respect to body mass index.

Values are given as means ± SD. ^a P value calculated by Student’s independent samples t test (unpaired). ^* P value (<0.05) indicates statistical significance. ^* P values were calculated on log-transformed scale.

n: Number of subjects; BMI: Body mass index; BP: Blood pressure; TG: Triglycerides; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SD: Standard deviation; TC: Total cholesterol; vLDL-C: Very low density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Characteristics	BMI ≤ 25      (n = 864)	BMI ≥ 25      (n = 765)	P value a
Age (years)	53.25 ± 11.27	53.70 ± 10.38	0.4
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	126.62 ± 19.93	130.52 ± 22.17	<0.0001*
Diastolic BP (mm Hg)	83.60 ± 11.32	85.76 ± 10.79	<0.0001*
TC (mg/dL)	159.04 ± 39.87	165.43 ± 40.31	0.001*
TG (mg/dL)	143.70 ± 62.74	144.17 ± 65.31	0.88
LDL-C (mg/dL)	89.92 ± 32.89	95.41 ± 31.82	0.001*
HDL-C (mg/dL)	37.25 ± 11.11	38.23 ± 13.54	0.112
vLDL-C (mg/dL)	29.74 ± 12.54	28.83 ± 13.06	0.18
TC: HDL-C	4.52 ± 1.64	4.63 ± 1.57	<0.0001*