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. 2022 Jan 10;15(2):160–169. doi: 10.1159/000520418

Table 1.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of male and female participants

Total (N = 46,872) Male (N = 24,417) Female (N = 22,455) p value
Age, years 40 (32–52) 39 (32–50) 41 (33–54) <0.001
Height, m 1.64 (1.58–1.71) 1.71 (1.67–1.75) 1.58 (1.54–1.62) <0.001
BW, kg 59.1 (51.0–68.4) 66.8 (60.7–74.0) 51.2 (46.8–56.4) <0.001
BMI, kg/m2 21.8 (19.8–24.2) 22.9 (21.2–25.2) 20.5 (18.9–22.6) <0.001
WC, m 0.788 (0.722–0.856) 0.824 (0.764–0.885) 0.745 (0.692–0.810) <0.001
ABSI 0.0783 (0.0755–0.0812) 0.0778 (0.0754–0.0802) 0.0789 (0.0757–0.0823) <0.001
CAVI 7.3 (6.7–7.9) 7.3 (6.8–8.0) 7.2 (6.7–7.9) <0.001
SBP, mm Hg 120 (110–130) 124 (115–132) 114 (106–125) <0.001
DBP, mm Hg 70 (63–78) 74 (66–80) 67 (60–74) <0.001
FPG, mg/dL 84 (79–90) 86 (81–91) 82 (78–88) <0.001
LDL-C, mg/dL 119 (97–142) 122 (101–144) 114 (94–139) <0.001
HDL-C, mg/dL 65 (54–77) 58 (49–69) 72 (62–84) <0.001
TG, mg/dL 77 (55–118) 96 (66–145) 64 (47–90) <0.001
Creatinine, mg/dL 0.73 (0.62–0.84) 0.83 (0.76–0.90) 0.61 (0.56–0.67) <0.001
eGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2 84.1 (74.8–94.3) 83.6 (74.7–93.2) 84.8 (74.8–95.7) <0.001
Age ≥65 years, % 8.4 7.2 9.7 <0.001*
BMI ≥25 kg/m2, % 18.9 26.5 10.5 <0.001*
High WC, %
 WC ≥85 (m) or 90 (f) cm 23.4 38.5 6.9 <0.001*
 WC ≥90 (m) or 80 (f) cm 24.3 20.6 28.4 <0.001*
 WC ≥102 (m) or 88 (f) cm 6.3 3.3 9.5 <0.001*
ABSI ≥0.080, % 33.9 27.1 41.4 <0.001*
CAVI ≥9.0, % 7.3 8.0 6.4 <0.001*
BP ≥130/85 mm Hg, % 27.3 35.2 18.6 <0.001*
FPG ≥100 mg/dL, % 6.6 9.2 3.8 <0.001*
FPG ≥110 mg/dL, % 2.5 3.6 1.2 <0.001*
HDL-C <40 mg/dL, % 3.5 6.1 0.7 <0.001*
TG ≥150 mg/dL, % 15.3 23.6 6.3 <0.001*
Metabolic dyslipidemia, % 16.3 25.3 6.6 <0.001*
LDL-C ≥140 mg/dL, % 26.4 28.4 24.2 <0.001*
eGFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2, % 2.9 2.9 2.9 1.000*
Prevalence of MetS, %
 Japan MetS 5.5 9.6 1.0 <0.001*
 IDF MetS 6.3 7.9 4.5 <0.001*
 NCEP-ATPIII MetS 4.3 5.5 3.1 <0.001*

Data are presented as median (IQR) or percentage of patients. Metabolic dyslipidemia includes TG ≥150 and/or HDL-C <40 mg/dL. BW, body weight; BMI, body mass index; WC, weight circumference; ABSI, a body shape index; CAVI, cardio-ankle vascular index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; FPG, fasting plasma glucose; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; MetS, metabolic syndrome; IDF, International Diabetes Federation; NCEP-ATPIII, National Cholesterol Education Program-Adult Treatment Panel III; IQR, interquartile range. Mann-Whitney U test and

*

Fisher's exact test were used to compare male and female subjects.