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. 2019 Oct 10;41(1):946–953. doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2019.1655451

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of study subjects stratified by TG and WC values.

    TG ≥1.7 mmol/l
WC ≥90 cm(men) or ≥85 cm(women)
  ALL
(n = 666)
No
(n = 432)
Yes
(n = 234)
p No
(n = 276)
Yes
(n = 390)
p
Male sex (%) 279 (41.89%) 202 (46.76%) 77 (32.91%) .001 126 (45.65%) 153 (39.23%) .098
Age (year) 65.58 ± 5.40 66.42 ± 5.62 64.03 ± 4.61 <.001 66.26 ± 5.61 65.10 ± 5.21 .006
SBP (mmHg) 133.64 ± 18.85 132.09 ± 18.70 136.50 ± 18.83 .004 130.07 ± 16.69 136.17 ± 19.87 <.001
DBP (mmHg) 85.06 ± 9.23 84.48 ± 8.92 86.14 ± 9.71 .026 83.55 ± 8.55 86.13 ± 9.56 <.001
TC (mmol/l) 5.17 ± 2.18 5.03 ± 2.55 5.40 ± 1.20 .023 5.22 ± 3.18 5.14 ± 1.98 .616
TG (mmol/l) 1.69 ± 1.10 1.10 ± 0.32 2.79 ± 1.19 <.001 1.31 ± 0.67 1.96 ± 1.26 <.001
BMI (kg/m²) 25.06 ± 3.48 24.34 ± 3.49 26.39 ± 3.05 <.001 22.73 ± 2.88 26.71 ± 2.86 <.001
WC (cm) 88.65 ± 9.36 86.63 ± 9.37 92.02 ± 8.36 <.001 80.04 ± 5.80 94.74 ± 6.01 <.001
FBG (mmol/l) 5.18 ± 1.46 5.10 ± 1.42 5.33 ± 1.53 .053 5.07 ± 1.42 5.26 ± 1.49 .089
Scr (mmol/l) 71.97 ± 10.45 71.79 ± 10.13 72.31 ± 11.03 .541 71.22 ± 10.02 72.51 ± 10.72 .116
Urea nitrogen (mmol/l) 6.02 ± 2.13 6.04 ± 1.56 5.98 ± 2.92 .742 5.96 ± 1.59 6.06 ± 2.45 .569
Smoking (%) 287 (43.09%) 180 (41.67%) 107 (45.73%) .312 138 (50%) 149 (38.21%) .002
Hypertension (%) 344 (51.65%) 197 (45.60%) 147 (62.82%) <.001 116 (42.03%) 228 (58.46%) <.001
Diabetes (%) 69 (10.36%) 37 (8.56%) 32 (13.68%) .039 22 (7.97%) 47 (12.05%) .089
Drinking (%) 132 (19.82%) 100 (23.15%) 32 (13.68%) .003 57 (20.65%) 75 (19.23%) .65
Lipid-lowering treatment (%) 173 (25.98%) 14 (3.24%) 159 (67.95%) <.001 21 (7.61%) 152 (38.97%) <.001
Blood-pressure-lowering
treatment (%)
345 (51.80%) 194 (44.91%) 144 (61.54%) <.001 111 (40.22%) 227 (58.21%) <.001
Antidiabetic treatment (%) 71 (10.66%) 34 (7.87%) 32 (13.68%) .017 21 (7.61%) 45 (11.54%) .095
eGFR (ml/min/1.73 m²) 83.79 ± 10.46 84.26 ± 10.33 82.93 ± 10.65 .115 84.70 ± 10.46 83.16 ± 10.42 .061

Data are mean ± SD or absolute frequency (percentage).

eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; ACR: albumin-to-creatinine ratio; SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure; BMI: body mass index; TG: triglyceride; TC: total cholesterol; FBG: fasting blood-glucose; WC: waist circumference; Scr: serum creatinine.