Table 1. Characteristics of study participants according to non-fasting triglyceride category by sex at the baseline survey.
| Baseline triglyceride level | |||||||
| ≤59 mg/dL | 60–89 mg/dL | 90–119 mg/dL | 120–149 mg/dL | 150–179 mg/dL | 180–209 mg/dL | ≥210 mg/dL | |
| Men (n = 2,853) | |||||||
| Number of participants, n | 254 | 587 | 595 | 398 | 295 | 213 | 511 |
| Age, years | 55.7 (14.3) | 54.4 (14.4) | 53.3 (13.3) | 52.9 (13.1) | 50.8 (12.2) | 51.7 (13.5) | 50.7 (12.6) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 20.7 (2.6) | 21.7 (2.6) | 22.5 (3.0) | 23.3 (2.8) | 23.8 (2.8) | 24.2 (2.8) | 24.6 (2.8) |
| Non-fasting blood glucose, mg/dL | 96.8 (26.5) | 101.4 (27.6) | 101.4 (27.1) | 104.6 (44.2) | 102.1 (31.7) | 111.8 (50.2) | 105.6 (37.7) |
| Hemoglobin A1c, % | 5.3 (0.7) | 5.3 (0.6) | 5.3 (0.6) | 5.4 (0.9) | 5.3 (0.6) | 5.5 (1.1) | 5.5 (0.9) |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 12 (4.7%) | 21 (3.6%) | 25 (4.2%) | 33 (8.3%) | 11 (3.7%) | 20 (9.4%) | 42 (8.2%) |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 136.1 (23.7) | 136.6 (20.5) | 137.1 (19.7) | 138.5 (20.9) | 135.7 (18.5) | 139.4 (20.5) | 139.3 (17.9) |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 80.5 (12.5) | 82.0 (11.5) | 83.0 (11.5) | 84.2 (11.7) | 83.9 (10.7) | 84.5 (12.5) | 86.0 (11.1) |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 102 (40.2%) | 263 (44.8%) | 292 (49.1%) | 208 (52.3%) | 138 (46.8%) | 109 (51.2%) | 284 (55.6%) |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 173.1 (28.2) | 185.8 (29.8) | 190.8 (32.3) | 203.4 (33.7) | 206.1 (33.1) | 213.5 (40.9) | 218.0 (39.3) |
| HDL cholesterol, mg/dL | 60.9 (15.6) | 57.1 (15.3) | 52.7 (13.6) | 49.7 (13.2) | 45.5 (12.1) | 44.7 (12.6) | 40.5 (11.3) |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 51 [46–55] | 75 [68–83] | 104 [97–111] | 134 [127–142] | 163 [156–170] | 193 [186–200] | 273 [237–345] |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 140 (55.1%) | 307 (52.3%) | 335 (56.3%) | 223 (56.0%) | 181 (61.4%) | 127 (59.6%) | 291 (57.0%) |
| Current drinker, n (%) | 148 (58.3%) | 337 (57.4%) | 349 (58.7%) | 241 (60.6%) | 166 (56.3%) | 133 (62.4%) | 319 (62.4%) |
| Women (n = 3,978) | |||||||
| Number of participants, n | 624 | 1,054 | 832 | 550 | 336 | 210 | 372 |
| Age, years | 45.2 (12.3) | 49.4 (13.5) | 53.1 (14.0) | 54.0 (13.1) | 56.2 (13.4) | 56.2 (13.7) | 56.5 (12.2) |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 21.2 (2.7) | 22.0 (3.0) | 22.9 (3.2) | 23.5 (3.5) | 24.1 (3.3) | 24.0 (3.1) | 24.5 (3.0) |
| Non-fasting blood glucose, mg/dL | 93.9 (16.2) | 97.8 (20.5) | 102.6 (24.7) | 106.1 (38.0) | 105.2 (26.4) | 107.9 (32.3) | 114.9 (46.4) |
| Hemoglobin A1c, % | 5.0 (0.4) | 5.1 (0.6) | 5.2 (0.6) | 5.3 (0.7) | 5.4 (0.9) | 5.4 (0.7) | 5.6 (1.1) |
| Diabetes, n (%) | 6 (1.0%) | 14 (1.3%) | 25 (3.0%) | 26 (4.7%) | 22 (6.6%) | 14 (6.7%) | 39 (10.5%) |
| Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 123.9 (17.7) | 129.0 (19.3) | 133.4 (20.2) | 138.4 (22.3) | 139.4 (20.4) | 137.5 (19.4) | 141.2 (20.3) |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 75.3 (10.1) | 77.6 (11.3) | 79.6 (11.2) | 80.8 (12.9) | 83.3 (10.7) | 81.0 (11.6) | 83.4 (12.3) |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 143 (22.9%) | 335 (31.8%) | 357 (42.9%) | 285 (51.8%) | 182 (54.2%) | 114 (54.3%) | 221 (59.4%) |
| Total cholesterol, mg/dL | 184.0 (31.3) | 196.9 (34.0) | 204.9 (35.3) | 214.4 (33.7) | 219.4 (35.8) | 220.1 (35.3) | 231.3 (40.8) |
| HDL cholesterol, mg/dL | 66.2 (13.8) | 62.3 (14.0) | 56.9 (13.2) | 53.4 (12.0) | 50.3 (12.2) | 48.0 (11.1) | 43.4 (11.3) |
| Triglycerides, mg/dL | 49 [43–55] | 75 [68–81] | 104 [97–111] | 132 [126–140] | 164 [157–171] | 194 [186–201] | 256 [228–317] |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 56 (9.0%) | 76 (7.2%) | 76 (9.1%) | 51 (9.3%) | 32 (9.5%) | 24 (11.4%) | 37 (10.0%) |
| Current drinker, n (%) | 59 (9.5%) | 72 (6.8%) | 56 (6.7%) | 28 (5.1%) | 13 (3.9%) | 14 (6.7%) | 19 (5.1%) |
HDL, high-density lipoprotein.
Data are presented as mean (standard deviation), median [interquartile range] or as a number (%).