TABLE 4.

Correlations between the characteristic variables and the ABCA1 SNP rs1883025, according to sex

Characteristics	Men (n = 4,830)		Women (n = 5,540)
	ρa	P	ρa	P
Age (years)	−0.019	0.178	−0.039	0.003
Height (cm)	0.006	0.676	−0.004	0.791
Weight (kg)	−0.0005	0.973	−0.005	0.733
BMI (kg/m2)	−0.005	0.720	−0.002	0.866
Smoking status [n (%)]b	−0.015	0.300	−0.025	0.064
Alcohol drinking [n (%)]c	−0.007	0.616	0.036	0.008
PA (MET·h/day)	−0.008	0.590	0.018	0.183
HDL-C (mg/dl)	0.056	<0.0001	0.096	<0.0001

The ABCA1 SNP rs1883025 was coded as 0 (TT), 1 (CT), or 2 (CC).

^aSpearman’s rank correlation coefficient.

^bNever, former, and current smoker of 1–19 or 20+ cigarettes per day.

^cNever or former, and current drinker of 0.1–22.9, 23.0‒45.9, or 46.0+ g ethanol per day.