Table 1.
Basic characteristics of the study participants.
| No exercise | Exercise | ||
| Variables | n = 5515 | n = 4169 | P value |
| HDL-C | 52.6272 ± 0.1759 | 54.6781 ± 0.2111 | <.0001 |
| rs2014355 | .1097 | ||
| TT | 4226 (76.63) | 3252 (78.00) | |
| TC+CC | 1289 (23.37) | 917 (22.00) | |
| Sex | .1105 | ||
| Women | 2937 (53.25) | 2152 (51.62) | |
| Men | 2578 (46.75) | 2017 (48.38) | |
| Age | 46.8711 ± 0.1394 | 54.6006 ± 0.1579 | <.0001 |
| Cigarette smoking habit | <.0001 | ||
| No | 4167 (75.56) | 3260 (78.20) | |
| Former | 599 (10.86) | 617 (14.80) | |
| Current | 749 (13.58) | 292 (7.00) | |
| Alcohol drinking habit | <.0001 | ||
| No | 4905 (88.94) | 3698 (88.70) | |
| Former | 149 (2.70) | 176 (4.22) | |
| Current | 461 (8.36) | 295 (7.08) | |
| BMI | <.0001 | ||
| Normal | 2486 (45.08) | 2072 (49.70) | |
| Underweight | 180 (3.26) | 74 (1.78) | |
| Overweight | 1660 (30.10) | 1278 (30.65) | |
| Obese | 1189 (21.56) | 745 (17.87) | |
| Vegetarian | .1686 | ||
| No | 5230 (94.83) | 3979 (95.44) | |
| Yes | 285 (5.17) | 190 (4.56) | |
| Coffee drinking habit | .0901 | ||
| No | 3529 (63.99) | 2737 (65.65) | |
| Yes | 1986 (36.01) | 1432 (34.35) | |
| Coronary heart disease | .0024 | ||
| No | 5464 (99.08) | 4102 (98.39) | |
| Yes | 51 (0.92) | 67 (1.61) | |
| Hyperlipidemia | <.0001 | ||
| No | 5209 (94.45) | 3853 (92.42) | |
| Yes | 306 (5.55) | 316 (7.58) | |
| Diabetes | <.0001 | ||
| No | 4993 (90.53) | 3642 (87.36) | |
| Yes | 522 (9.47) | 527 (12.64) | |
| Hypertension | <.0001 | ||
| No | 4529 (82.12) | 3088 (74.07) | |
| Yes | 986 (17.88) | 1081 (25.93) |