Table 1.

Baseline characteristics

	Group 1 (G1) Men (n=2397)	Group 2 (G2) Premenopausal women (n=517)	Group 3 (G3) Postmenopausal women (n=2294)	P value G1 versus G2	P value G1 versus G3	P value G2 versus G3
Age, years	64.1±11.2	45.1±4.2	66.5±8.8	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
BMI, kg/m2	23.3±3.0	22.3±3.6	22.5±3.3	<0.001	<0.001	0.631
Smoking
Current	600 (25.1%)	40 (7.7%)	67 (2.9%)	<0.001	<0.001	0.007
Ex	1204 (50.3%)	73 (14.1%)	97 (4.2%)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Drinker	1869 (78.2%)	316 (61.1%)	866 (37.8%)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Glucose, mg/dL	100.7±17.8	90.9±9.4	96.3±12.3	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
TC, mg/dL	198.7±32.9	199.2±31.2	215.4±31.6	1.000	<0.001	<0.001
LDL-C, mg/dL	115.2±29.6	114.2±28.5	126.7±28.7	1.000	<0.001	<0.001
TGs, mg/dL	100 (71 to 146)	68 (50 to 94)	89 (67 to 123)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
HDL-C, mg/dL	56.3±13.8	67.8±14.7	62.8±14.9	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Non HDL-C, mg/dL	142.4±32.6	131.4±31.2	152.5±31.3	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
TC/HDL-C	3.7±1.0	3.1±0.8	3.6±0.9	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
SdLDL-C, mg/dL	34.1 (24.8 to 46.5)	23.0 (16.8 to 30.5)	31.2 (23.5 to 41.8)	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
SdLDL-C/LDL-C	0.32±0.14	0.22±0.08	0.29±0.12	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Data are expressed as mean±SD, %, and median (25th percentile, 75th percentile). P values were assessed in one-way analysis of variance and post hoc pairwise comparison (Bonferroni).

BMI, body mass index; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; non HDL-C, non high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; sdLDL-C, small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TC, total cholesterol; TGs, triglycerides.